Remember the old Bob Newhart routines where you only heard his side of a telephone conversation? I heard a guy, obviously a woodworker, at the airport in Tampa a couple of weeks ago. It went something like this:
"Hello, this is Bob."
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"Yes, I would be glad to make a walnut dining room table like the one I made for Mrs. ***. It will be about six months before I can do it though and it will cost $12,000."
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"Yes, I understand that you run a gallery."
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"The price is $12,000, payable when it is delivered to your gallery. If you choose to put it in the gallery and resell it, that's your call."
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"Yes Ma'am, I understand that you want me to build it and put it in your "gallery" and then you will pay me for it when you sell it, less ten percent. What you are calling a gallery, Ma'am, is a high priced consignment shop. The price is $12,000 payable upon delivery."