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I know of a few retailers that operate on Net 270 terms for their smaller vendors (Looking at you, Home Depot) and Walmart would tell us that they would reset the 'calendar' if we would call and ask for the status of a payment.

This was 2003-2006ish, for the record.

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>Walmart would tell us that they would reset the 'calendar' if we would call and ask for the status of a payment.

How the hell is this even legal?

By agreeing to it when you go into contract with them.

A tangent but what were you selling if i may ask? I'm developing a little bluetooth device that lots of people in a large hobby would find interesting and was fantasizing about pitching the prototype to a reseller.

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