Suddenly, upon purchasing a sports team, all that solid business acumen abruptly vanishes, like a Giants fourth-quarter lead, as some owners stick a whistle in their mouths and think they're Vince Lombardi.
He had been delivering a cargo of clay pots each month; suddenly the purchasing director cuts the order in half, citing lack of demand, then cancels it entirely and orders Cipriano to remove the remaining stock.
But in 2008, KEMRI experienced an unexpected setback: the Kenyan government, a major customer for the diagnostic kits produced at the unit, suddenly stopped purchasing the kits.
After a week of financial chaos, Mr. Williams decided that such a purchase suddenly seemed more of a luxury than a necessity.
Then, rather suddenly, he'd purchased a new car and opened his own business, selling men's clothing.
"The defendants in this action — each with seemingly limited resources — suddenly and inexplicably purchased more than $20 million in Zhongpin securities just before an important public announcement," said Merri Jo Gillette, director of the S.E.C.'s Chicago office.
Over a six-month period he had grown to trust the quiet, unassuming man whose interest initially centred on bulk buying counterfeit CDs but had suddenly switched to purchasing hi-tech "skimming" machines capable of copying credit card details within seconds.
In the past, Mexico has suffered peso collapses that suddenly increased the purchasing power of the dollar.
Hardware manufacturers now routinely brick expensive electronics they no longer want to support, or downgrade a video game console's functionality post sale, again confusing customers who thought they owned a product, only to suddenly discover post-purchase caveats.
Someone who has spent a good portion of her life gaining purchase has suddenly been asked to sell something, and she seems to find it slightly beneath her.
