Texan winks, plays ‘let’s make a deal’ with customers
A furniture dealer in Houston — arguably the center of the American oil industry — is offering quite the deal: If a customer spends $7,000 or more at his store, he’ll refund the money if oil is going for $85 per barrel or more by Dec. 31,
Current forecasts put crude somewhere between $50 and $75 by the end of the year.
So, you know, caveat emptor.
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