...my crystal ball is telling me HD has an IRS audit in their future...
10 minutes with that **** and I'm thinking a reversal of policy may come about.
I don't know, but if it was me and my company, I don't think I'd go about things this way. If they aren't paying their bills, or carrying them WAY past term, update your T's & C's to where the penalty of non-payment or late payment is outrageous and non-negociable.
Hell, credit card companies do it, in that your interest skyrockets the moment you prove to be an unsound cardholder (nonpayments, constant late payments, etc.)
Making a blanket statement about not doing business with the government is a bit reckless, especially when not going into any firm details. It's a PITA dealing with the government when selling things to them given the sheer amount of paperwork, red tape and billing issues that come up, but if Home Depot feels like they have too many customers on their hands and that their pockets are too fat for all the cash they've got in them, I don't have a problem with it.
