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Comment by jwoods19

18 hours ago

“In a gold rush, sell shovels”… Well, at some point in the gold rush everyone already has their shovels and pickaxes.

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krupan  18 hours ago

Or people start to realize that the expected gold isn't really there and so stop buying shovels

gopher_space  16 hours ago

The version I heard growing up was "In a gold rush, sell eggs."

  • FergusArgyll  15 hours ago

    Selling jeans is the one that actually worked

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