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                                 Mendy was  wasn’t easy but he knew that his mesirus nefesh
                                     regular
          A Worthwhile          a yungerman   was the best investment.
                                             “We ordered a huge shipment from A.J.
              Investment        living  in a  Lumber (not its real name),” Mendy exulted. “The
                                very irregular  prices are great and the wood is top quality.”
                                area,        It was a dream deal…until it wasn’t.
                                somewhere    Pete contacted him a few days later, with an
                                in     the  urgent message. “You know that company, A.J.
         Midwest  of  the  United  States.  He  joined  a  Lumber, where you ordered a big shipment
         fledgling settlement that never really took off  recently?” Pete asked. “Well, they’re in serious
         and his family was one of the few Yiddishe  trouble. They’re going to be slapped with an
         families in the city.              American lawsuit in the near future, and their
          Mendy got a job working as a lumber  products will be held up or even banned. You
         salesman.  Several of his  acquaintances  also  won’t be able to sell that lumber on American
         worked in the lumber industry, but they weren’t  soil.”
         in the field long enough to know the secrets of   Mendy was shocked, but he knew that Pete
         the trade. Since Mendy wanted to conduct his  had  access  to  inside  information.  He  quickly
         business without any internet use, he hired a  called A.J. Lumber to cancel his order, which
         consultant who had worked in the lumber  they agreed to do.
         industry for many decades.          Just one day later, the news went viral. Claims
          Pete was an expert. He knew which wood was  were made against A.J. Lumber and their
         top-quality, which types of wood sell well, and  products were banned in the United States. Many
         which lumber companies deal honestly and  lumber companies tried to cancel their orders,
         efficiently. He was paid to keep the yungerleit in  but A.J. Lumber refused. They had to swallow
         the know, by sharing his expertise and keeping  the huge monetary loss caused by this
         his finger on the pulse of the on-line lumber  unforeseen lawsuit.
         market. Frequently enough, Pete warned Mendy   Only Mendy, that earnest yungerman who
         to stay away from certain suppliers or to cash in  invested money to avoid internet usage, was
         on  a new type of wood that would take the   spared the financial loss. Had he handled his
         market by storm.                   own on-line affairs, it is highly improbable that
          Mendy never needed to access the internet. It   he would have pulled out in time…



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