Salesforce, a Pillow Maker and a $125k AmEx Bill 228
itwbennett writes "Salesforce.com, pillow manufacturer My Pillow, and an employee of My Pillow are caught up in a complex three-way legal battle. At issue is an allegedly failed software implementation and a $125,000 charge on a personal card. In short, there was an aggressive go-live date, a demand for immediate payment, and a system that was ultimately 'not functional'. Now, AmEx won't remove the charge, Salesforce.com is suing My Pillow for breach of contract and wants $550,000 in damages, My Pillow denies it owes anyone anything and is seeking unspecified damages from Salesforce.com, and the employee with the big bill wants his account credited. Still unclear is why My Pillow had no choice but to use the employee's personal credit card — and why the employee was naive enough to hand it over."
Re:What? (Score:1, Interesting)
The Amex charge was refunded to the employee. Nowhere does it say in the article that he was charged a second time (since the second time, an actual invoice was sent to the company).
The Amex charge is currently irrelevant in this case. It was only mentioned in the headline by IT World for click-baiting purposes. And when the Dice moderator saw the click-baiting going on, he/she just couldn't resist doing the same thing on Slashdot.
Click-baiting is essentially the real story here.
Re:Why? Easy! (Score:2, Interesting)
This is common practice at startups, where they don't have rules in place against it like most (or all) larger companies. Employees can build up a really good credit rating, and get the rewards, by charging things to their card that the company reimburses.
Re:Miles (Score:3, Interesting)
Corporate credit cards are actually no different that personal credit cards. The company has no obligation to pay it and it's your credit that gets f'ed if the decide to renig on what they said they'd pay for.