Well thats the catch isn't it. So the company has given them...

Well thats the catch isn't it. So the company has given them 500k of product presumably at "cost" not retail price. thats 500k of product that is now sitting there unable to be sold, so there is an opportunity cost to this as well.

that aside, this seems like a trivial matter that shouldn't be dragging out. However it is, which suggest there is more than meets the eye. even the fact that they can collatoralise 500k worth of tonnage would suggest they are "mining".... there is something to this we aren't seeing.