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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Midas, post: 49258, member: 2761&quot;]My son, always searching everybody&#039;s loose change, found a 1972 DDO Lincoln in circulation that was certified by PCGS at AU55 and later sold on ebay for $280...a huge profit for a kid that was only 9 at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fueled that a cent can be worth dollars, the 1909-P Lincoln he took to school was for the sole purpose of showing his lunch table buddies, &quot;Look what I got!&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>When offered the $20 for that 1909-P Lincoln, he realized that what is worth only &quot;X&quot; dollars to him maybe worth &quot;X+1&quot; dollars to somebody else.&nbsp; Even at his young age he understands that everything he sells doesn&#039;t yield huge profits.&nbsp; For instance, my dad works at a golf course and finds hundreds of &quot;lost&quot; golf balls throughout the course.&nbsp; He gives them to my son and suggested he should sell them.&nbsp; So here is this 10 year-old with a box of golf balls sitting near the 10th tee selling used golf balls for a $1 each.&nbsp; He made his own &quot;4 Sale&quot; sign and everything.&nbsp; He didn&#039;t sell hardly any.&nbsp; He asked me why and I explained that maybe his price was too high (expecting too much profit) and he should sell them for 50 cents or 3 for a $1.&nbsp; Also, I told him he would sell more if he cleaned the balls and made them like new.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next week comes along and the kid makes over $50.&nbsp; He also learned a lesson in supply and demand along with that he can&#039;t sell something for whatever he wants.&nbsp; He also learned that brand names like Titlest sold faster than others making him think that he can charge more for Titlest golf balls than others.</p><p><br /></p><p>It sure beats paying him an allowance as he is already learning life&#039;s lessons.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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