`tk11041-innovations-reconcile/rescrape/PRICE-ASK-TO-ADD.md`

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# One paragraph that could delete the portal blocker entirely

**Draft:** `r-5469570474427181957` (msg `1a09124ac539ff62`), info@ → hmartinez@innovationsusa.com.
**UNSENT.** Steve chose "send as-is" on 2026-09-11 — *before* the price-list findings below existed.
This is a new fact, not a re-ask of the question he already answered.

## What changed

We now know Innovations prices at **pattern level, not per colorway** — so our 39 SKUs need
exactly **7 numbers**, not 39. That makes the ask small enough to be answerable in one reply.

We also know the email route has limits: Innovations refused a **blanket** "send your whole price
list" twice in 2026 (Currier 2026-06-17, Hektor 2026-09-02), both times redirecting to the portal.
But a **narrow, named** ask has precedent in this mailbox — a single-SKU "Stock and Price Check"
thread got a direct answer. Seven named patterns is much closer to that than to "send me everything".

**If he answers it, the portal credential is no longer needed for this ticket.** If he redirects to
the portal again, we have lost nothing — the Whistler question still gets asked in the same email.

## The paragraph (drop in after the Whistler paragraph, before "Thank you,")

> While we're updating our records, could you also confirm the current per-yard net for these seven
> patterns: Costine, Enchase, Flanders, Province, Skylark, Tatami, and Vinyl Cork? We have the Fall
> 2025 list and just want to be sure we're quoting current numbers.

**HTML (matches the draft's existing markup):**

```html
<p>While we're updating our records, could you also confirm the current per-yard net for these
seven patterns: <strong>Costine, Enchase, Flanders, Province, Skylark, Tatami</strong> and
<strong>Vinyl Cork</strong>? We have the Fall 2025 list and just want to be sure we're quoting
current numbers.</p>
```

## Why worded this way
- **Names the seven.** A specific list is answerable in one line; "your price list" is the ask that
  was already refused twice.
- **Says we have the Fall 2025 list.** Signals we are not asking him to do work we could do
  ourselves, and quietly explains *why* we're asking — we know it is stale.
- **"per-yard net"** uses his own unit, and asks for NET so we don't have to infer list-vs-net a
  second time.
- **Zero DW or private-label names** — the "none of our names" directive holds.

## Reference: the Fall 2025 LIST prices we already have (NOT current — do not import)

| Pattern | Prefix | SKUs | Oct-2025 list $/yd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Costine | CSO | 3 | 45.95 |
| Enchase | ENS | 6 | 69.95 |
| Flanders | FLN | 5 | 112.95 |
| Province | PRO | 1 | 29.95 |
| Skylark | SKL | 4 | 129.95 |
| Tatami | TTM | 7 | 59.95 |
| Vinyl Cork | VCO | 13 | 49.95 |

Provably superseded: three patterns present in both these PDFs and the June-2026 portal crawl rose
a further 3–7% after October 2025. Our discount (10%, settled by Sales Order O-111475) comes off
these. **Useful as a sanity check on whatever the portal or Hektor returns — a pulled number wildly
off this trend means something is wrong — and useful for nothing else.**

## Status
**NOT merged.** The draft is `agent_composed=false`; the next action on it is Steve sending it.
Say the word and it goes in with one call, restore point captured first — same as the last merge.