Andy the material and his brother Jack are big time Charlie’s in the material game. They have been trying to get a regular pitch on church street for many years now. It’s a very busy market for material sellers but as a result those that are there already are very protective over their turf. One of the older material sellers just gave up his licence and this gave the brothers their chance.
“What we’ll do” said Jack “Is we’ll go in with big ticket prices. We won’t sell anything to start with but we won’t upset anyone and then when they give us the pitch on a regular basis, then we’ll go cheap”.
Andy and Jack got a pitch opposite some bloke who thought he was all that. He was busy all morning and kept looking over at the boys with a smug expression on his face. In the end Jack couldn’t stand it any longer.
“Right” he said to Andy “Stick fifty pee tickets on everything.
The brothers smashed it.
At the end of the day the inspector came over to the lads and said:
“Sorry boys. I can’t let you on permanently, I’ve had too many complaints”.
“I don’t care”, replied Jack, “It was worth it to see the look on that blokes face”.
That’s this week’s report from Pete the Market Trader. The man on the street. Literally.
