endplay wrote:
DofQ can really catch you out. I ordered 100 tie wraps for servicing kits but failed to notice that the DofQ was 1000. As they were C class (and therefore nonreturnable) I had 100,000 of the buggers to dispose of.
Endplay, looks like you were caught out by confusing the DofQ (aka unit of issue) with the PPQ (Pre-Packed Quantity). The PPQ of your tie wraps would be 100's and the DofQ would be Each (EA) or Single (SGLE). The quantity you should have asked for was 'One'. Don't worry, lots of folks have been a victim of this confusion and is, perhaps, one of the reasons why "Chiefy's Drawer" always had more stock than Stores. BTW, you could have returned your excess if the original packaging hadn't been broached.......and sleep.