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By Way of Deception

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BY WAY OF DECEPTION 135At that point, the katsa thought he'd blown it. We didn't knowwhat to do. The day was over and the general went back to hishotel. Our guy at the Syrian embassy notified us that the generalwas going back to Paris the next day, but one ticket had beencanceled. We figured it had to be the aide staying behind tocomplete the purchase.It was. The next morning, the aide was tailed from the hotel to avery exclusive furniture store. He had a long conversation with thesalespeople, and the katsa decided that this was the bestopportunity to make his move. So he went into the store andstarted looking around. A sayan came in then, walked up to thekatsa and thanked him loudly, and with conviction, for gettinghim the furniture he'd wanted and saving him thousands <strong>of</strong>dollars.After the sayan left, the general's aide glanced curiously in hisdirection."Buying furniture?" the katsa asked."Yes.""Here, look at this," he said, handing him the special brochure."Do you work in the store?" the aide asked, appearing puzzled."No, no. I purchase for my clients," the katsa told him. "I buy inlarge quantities at excellent discounts. I handle the shipping andmake payment easier than most.""What do you mean?""I have customers all over. They come in and pick the style theywant and I purchase it from the source. Then I ship it to them andthey pay on arrival. That way they don't have to worry if somethingis broken. There's no hassle. They don't have to get involved intrying to get a refund or something.""How do you know they'll pay you?""That's never a problem."<strong>By</strong> now, all the lights were going on in the aide's head. He saw achance to make some real money. It took the katsa about threehours, but he got a list <strong>of</strong> everything the general needed. Thefurniture alone came to $180,000, not counting shipping andcrating, and the katsa "sold" it to him for $105,000, so right <strong>of</strong>f thetop, the aide could pocket $75,000.

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