Supplying my vendor information would not be good for my business. Reaching price agreements with the vendor required a great deal of investigation and negotiation. If you were to purchase these items, not only would your purchase negate my legwork, but you would probably end up with a higher price. Due to the scope of this project, the server software is not marked up in any way. The price I gave to *President* was the one I was quoted by the vendor. The name of the vendor is proprietary information; I am sure you understand the impact that revealing the name might have on my business.

If another arrangement for invoicing is desired, we could discuss it for future projects, but there would have to be some form of reimbursement for my time spent in investigation and for the risk to my interests.

Regarding the invoices, it has been 12 days since they were sent. This is a short time, and I am not complaining about lack of response on your part. I apologize for the delay in getting them out to you. Figuring out accounting software while working around several projects competing for my time is not an easy thing. However, you must understand that $9,000 is a fair amount of money for an operation which is still trying to become established. Resolving this issue is important so that I can make the most efficient use of time spent on *project*.