This delightful video might be called “Economics in One Lesson,” although that title is taken.
It starts with the speaker, Kate, searching for rocks in a creek and ends with a demonstration of turning them into cabochons.
Selling Rocks in Appalachia – A Millennial’s Dream
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Tidewater News and Opinion Forum 
When I was very young, 7 or 8 I think, I used to collect miniature pinecones and go door to door selling them as decorations 10 for a nickel. I had the customer reach in a brown paper bag full of them and if they pulled out the one with a penny taped to it they got 10 more free. You would not believe how many bought them and how many pulled out the prize cone too..l. I sold all kinds of stuff, shined shoes, mowed lawns and did almost anything for money. Never got rich but it was fun.
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Great story! The “prize cone” was a brilliant idea.
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Two words: Pet Rocks.
If you’re younger than 45, you won’t believe it.
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Won’t believe what? Amazon sells them.
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That people bought a rock. Makes slinky, hula hoops and frisbees look like engineering wonders
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