PO-issue
Thread poster: Anne Seerup
Anne Seerup
Anne Seerup
Ireland
Local time: 05:20
English to Danish
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Jul 30, 2003

I have just experienced that the PO was different from the terms priorly agreed. I was sent the document to acknowledge that I would be able to handle and was given a couple of different deadlines to pick from. I picked the latest as the project would otherwise collide with my other deadline. Then when I received it I had been given the earliest deadline of the options which I would have to work day and night too meet. I wrote back to the agency straight away but they had probably gone home for ... See more
I have just experienced that the PO was different from the terms priorly agreed. I was sent the document to acknowledge that I would be able to handle and was given a couple of different deadlines to pick from. I picked the latest as the project would otherwise collide with my other deadline. Then when I received it I had been given the earliest deadline of the options which I would have to work day and night too meet. I wrote back to the agency straight away but they had probably gone home for the day. I just want to ensure that I have not legally committed myself to anything I cannot possibly perform now that I have not accepted the PO.Collapse


 
Uldis Liepkalns
Uldis Liepkalns  Identity Verified
Latvia
Local time: 07:20
Member (2003)
English to Latvian
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You have not commited yourelf to anything Jul 30, 2003

until you have not (by any means)returned the signed PO.

Uldis

Anne Seerup wrote:

I have just experienced that the PO was different from the terms priorly agreed. I was sent the document to acknowledge that I would be able to handle and was given a couple of different deadlines to pick from. I picked the latest as the project would otherwise collide with my other deadline. Then when I received it I had been given the earliest deadline of the options which I would have to work day and night too meet. I wrote back to the agency straight away but they had probably gone home for the day. I just want to ensure that I have not legally committed myself to anything I cannot possibly perform now that I have not accepted the PO.


 


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