Quote Originally Posted by Jmetz View Post
They moved a heavy volume in a short amount of time. If they can handle their books they'll be just fine. You're selling widgets, and your projected sales for the next 6 months is $6000. There's a run on widgets and you just made $6000 in one month. Is it not safe to say that you should be able to carry yourself through the next 6 months as that's what you were budgeted for? Would it also be safe to say that any further sales of widgets you may get in over the next 6 months is increasing your profit?

I may be all wet, but it seems logical to me.
You're assuming an unlimited supply of widgets and that you have a projected 6 months supply of widgets in stock.

Either that or you're suggesting if they were clairvoyant, saw the future panic and prepared for it, they will be OK.