Rodgera
25th November 2015, 12:11 PM
A crafty old antique dealer is travelling through a rural area when
he spots a priceless Chippendale cabinet in a junk shop. He knows he
will make tens of thousands of dollars reselling it if he can
persuade the shop owner that it's worthless.
He offers the man twenty dollars, explaining that the only reason
he's interested is that he needs some firewood and the wood should
burn well. So the price is agreed and the dealer explains that he'll
return the next day with his van to pick up the cabinet.
The following morning, the dealer drives up and sees a pile of old
wood sitting outside the shop.
"What's that?" he says.
"It's the cabinet," says the shop owner. "I felt so guilty charging
twenty dollars for firewood that I've done you a favor and chopped it
up for you."
he spots a priceless Chippendale cabinet in a junk shop. He knows he
will make tens of thousands of dollars reselling it if he can
persuade the shop owner that it's worthless.
He offers the man twenty dollars, explaining that the only reason
he's interested is that he needs some firewood and the wood should
burn well. So the price is agreed and the dealer explains that he'll
return the next day with his van to pick up the cabinet.
The following morning, the dealer drives up and sees a pile of old
wood sitting outside the shop.
"What's that?" he says.
"It's the cabinet," says the shop owner. "I felt so guilty charging
twenty dollars for firewood that I've done you a favor and chopped it
up for you."