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by pdwetz 2539 days ago
Since this comes up every year, might as well point out this isn't an isolated case.

Tweet thread covering various ones (as of last year): https://twitter.com/mikemayerMMO/status/1013295573779312640

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Most deferred payments don't take a previously agreed upon amount and apply interest to them though. They're usually agreed upon at the beginning of the contract and allow the team to get a discount on the total dollar figure via the time value of money.