Yes, it is dumb. VERY DUMB. Why? Because there was ZERO chance of you making money on the deal.
You would have done better buying lottery tickets, as that money actually goes someplace useful. Or you could have lit it on fire and gotten some light and heat out of it.
On the basis of literacy alone, you rank equivalent to a three year old. How you have survived for seventy some odd years is a mystery. Obviously the trade school you attended offered very little scholastically or you were unable to absorb anything being a pottery major. I feel sympathy for those who must contend with your abject ignorance.
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