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Originally posted by Sebring77
Do not, I repeat-DO NOT- play hardball with your vendor unless you have a couple of back ups in place. My wife worked in her medium sized, well established family business for years and related many a tale of people playing hardball with their company. Their response? They simply cut them off. Some customers just aren't worth the hassle.

I agree with the above wholeheartedly and should have reflected this in original post - never play hardball unless you can afford to do so. Hope everything works out for you.