WHAT THE BUYER ACTUALLY PAYS

Padding is not greed. It is insurance against being read.

A vendor who believes the envelope can be opened is not being cynical. They are pricing a real risk, and the buyer pays that premium on every round.

• What the work costs the vendor780
• An honest quote, sealed round840
• A padded quote, email round905
• A late guess, no information868

Rp juta, one year of packaging supply · scale starts at 750

The gap between the sealed number and the padded number is what the buyer pays for a process that cannot prove the envelope stayed shut.