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hankronCurious that Money magazine, of all places, doesn't realize that a sale isn't a sale until the money is exchanged.
When Tom Clancy backed out at the last minute of buying the Minnesota Vikings, the Vikings owner said that it didn't faze him one bit. He said that in his years of big business he regularly saw individuals who were big and confident and headline grabbing during negotiations over a primo item, then backed out of the deal as soon as it dawned on them that they would actually have to pay the big money.