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Second Bid Date: Sent Monday, May 9, 2016 Category: None

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This little not-for-profit organization is having problems with the air conditioning in its small computer room, reports a technician working there.

"It was routinely getting into the low 80's," he says. "We thought the air conditioning for the room should be plenty for the space, but we had added a number of additional systems."

So the organization brings in a vendor to see what beefing up the cooling system will cost. The quote is in the neighborhood of $25,000 -- a way-too-pricey neighborhood for this outfit.

"At non-profits, money is never in abundance and we knew we wouldn't be able to scrape up anywhere close to $25,000," says the technician. "However, our board required us to get three quotes for any expense close to that. So we brought in a competing vendor."

The second air-conditioning guy walks into the computer room and looks around for a minute. Then he picks up a spare cardboard box off the floor and tapes it over the thermostat. "No charge," he says.

It turns out the air-conditioning vent was blowing directly onto the thermostat. So as soon as it would turn on, the thermostat would register the temperature change and shut the air conditioner off.

The technician reported, "We did end up spending $100 or so to replace the cardboard box with something nicer -- and to buy dinner for the second vendor."

Received from Thomas Ellsworth.