The plan is simple, one of the sections on the way, is a comments sections from our customers on how we handled transactions, and our investors on how we handled their money.
Now, 11-20-96, my son was born, and I invested $30 in a PCL account in his name, and in just over 4 years, that account has given him the 1996 BU and Proof Silver eagles, the 1996 Mint set with the W mint Dime, the Proof Set, and the silver Proof Set, plus his account stands at over $325, so with the coins, his $30 has turned into something on the line of $500, which is nice to say, but the point to this comments section is that the article has to be in the investors own words. He’s only 4, and I don’t want to ignore one of the highest profit by percentage (1567%) stories we have. I could write it, in fact, I guess I just did write it, but that’s not the same thing. So I figured, he’s smart, I’ll just ask him questions, and hope he gives the right answers. If not, I’ll leave it alone, and nobody would be the wiser.
Art Linkletter said, “Kids say the darndest things.” He meant my kid, this is the conversation I had with my 4-year old.
Me: Okay Thomis, what do you think of PCL?
Thomis: I don’t know how to spell that, we didn’t learn that in school yet.
Me: No Thomis, you know that thing daddy does selling coins so we can all get more money.
Thomis: You mean the money you won’t give me?
Me: That’s because daddy wants you to have money when you’re older. Then you will be able to buy a car or something.
Thomis: I can go get a big car at Mart Store. (That’s his name for Wal-Mart)
Me: Don’t you want a big car like daddies?
Thomis: No, I’m too little. I want the big car they sell at Mart-World.
Me: Never mind the car right now. You have $325 right now, and when you were born you only had thirty. Do you know what thirty is?
Thomis: That’s how old you were a long, long, long, time ago, because mom says you were thirty when she was not, cause she says your older then mom, and she’s not old like you, hey daddy?
(I love my son, I love my son, I must not hit my son, I love my son)
Me: Next time you see your mom, ask her what it’s like to be 50. You know those coins we have in the safe from the year you were born?
Thomis: You mean the quarters I can’t touch? (all silver colored coins are quarters to him)
Me: Yes the quarters you can’t touch, do you like them?
Thomis: Why did you break them for me?
Me: What do you mean? They are not broken?
Thomis: Mom says I can’t use them for gum.
Me: Thomis, you know how daddy has coins that he won’t spend, they are worth a lot more then regular money. And if I save them, I can sell them later for even more money.
Thomis: You mean your money from Canada? (I collect world coins, and to Thomis, everything outside the USA is Canada)
Me: Yes, my Canada money.
Thomis: If I go to Canada, can I spend my money?
Me: What would you buy with your money in Canada that you can’t buy here?
Thomis: I would go to a Canada Mart-Store, and buy my big car, cause you said I couldn’t buy one here, and you could let me buy one in Canada.
Me: Never mind the car. Listen, daddy has to write a story for the internet. And this story is all about how you had a little bit of money, and I turned it into a lot of money.
Thomis: Yeah, but you wont let me have it, you said it’s my money, can we go to the Canada mart Store…please, please, please. (good puppy eye action by the way)
Me: Thomis, please this is important. I need you to answer questions about my company.
Thomis: What company? Who’s coming over? Is Wayne coming over, I want to play with his dog shelly.
Me: Not that kind of company Thomis…
Thomis: Your mean! I don’t like you anymore. I ‘m going to tell mommy I want a new daddy.
Kids, you gotta love them. Till nobody’s watching at least.
This was just something I wanted to share. I hope you found it as funny as I do now.
If you are a PCL Investor, And you have a story you want to share, about coins, work, or a funny story about real life, type it up, and get it too me. This is your site too.
When the local group meets for coffee on Friday nights, we'll pick the replacement story.
