Edward Palmer's face grew increasingly grim as he listened to each price being announced.
At this pricing, the profit margin is already quite thin. The key issue is these people coincidentally lowering their prices. This is no longer competition; it's downright malicious competition!
If Edward Palmer could still stomach what he had heard up to this point, then the next bid made his face turn green.
He roughly calculated that the price was just enough to offset the material costs, not even including labor.
This means if they win the bid, they're essentially covering labor costs themselves, basically losing money just to make noise.
Their company's bid seemed utterly conspicuous here—it should have been the most reasonable price, but it turned out to be the highest.
These figures left Edward Palmer feeling uneasy.
After working together for so long, his team ended up being defeated by malicious competition.
Have these people gone insane?
