[sbierwagen]

>telling a third party that they should not do a hybrid Stripe + my_old_company solution because our product couldn't support the use case.

To be clear, are you complaining about salesmen at a competitor lying to close a sale? Are you also unhappy about water being wet, or bears shitting in the woods?

[themacguffinman]

I don't know why you think salespeople are expected to lie about competitors, I don't think that's normal and I consider it a huge red flag for any vendor if I found out they intentionally lied about their competitors. No one would be surprised at spin or bias, but lying is not okay.

[anon_3b4150]

No, that is not what happened.

We were partnering with Stripe on a deal that we originated. They verbally agreed to terms. They then lied about our abilities. So we cut Stripe out, got the deal, and moved on.

The point isn't that competition exists; the point is that Stripe will say one thing and do another. If this is how you live your life, fine, but many people would like to know that Stripe has a history of bad behavior.

[hitekker]

Sam is either being intentionally obtuse or hasn't worked in a corporation. The idea that sales is the only department that can partner with other companies is just stupid.

[sbierwagen]

>We were partnering with Stripe on a deal that we originated.

So... a sale? The Stripe staff you were working with were from the sales department?