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Seeing, Seizing Opportunities

Seeing What's Out There

Seeing What's Out There

The day our financial planner said would come came.

My friend sold me her unused Bestecke SBS Solingen gold-plated flatware for 15,000 Pesos.  She said she needed the money to pay off some debts and fast.  I do not know the value of what was before me, but instinctively, I knew it was an opportunity.  I took out my checkbook and wrote her a check.

It was weeks before I googled the thing.  Turned out it was worth 1,350 to 1,600 in British Pounds, retail.  Pounds!

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