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Majima Gorō ([personal profile] justbeingknife) wrote in [community profile] epidemiology 2018-04-17 08:00 pm (UTC)

You guys offer payment plans, don't ya?

[ "W-we do," said the doctor. The administrator looked away. Majima gave the man a cool look. ]

So how much ya clearin' on that racket? 20 percent? 30?

[ Hearing it put so bluntly clearly put the administrator's back up; the man bristled visibly. "Those funds go to awareness programs and unavoidable overheard! They --"

"I'm not sure," said the doctor, "But the APR on them is 437%."

"435%," corrected the administrator, looking defensive. "And our margins are... none of your business, frankly!"

Which meant they were probably higher. Majima had expected the terms of the agreements to be shitty, but goddamn. Restaurants were considered to be turning a tidy profit if they got around 10%. ]


Then I got some advice for ya. Cut these people some slack. You got plenty of room to slash your rates and save yourself some serious grief.

[ "But our advertising revenue --" ]

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