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Issaacs, an outfitter, had bought half a dozen cheap shirts for which he could find no sale so he consulted Levinsky, a fellowtradesman, as to how he should dispose of them. “Why,” said Levinsky, “send them to MacCohen, and enclose an invoice for five shirts, MacCohen will think you’ve made a mistake and take the six shirts and pay you for five, and, after all, that’s better than not selling them at all.” Isaacs said he would try this. A week later the two met again, and Levinsky asked Isaacs if the ruse had worked. “Levinsky,” said Isaacs, ‘you tried to ruin me. I sent the six shirts to MacCohen with an invoice for five, and he sent back five shirts with a note to say he didn’t want them.’”
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Mt Benger Mail, 5 October 1938, Page 3
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