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The STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS 4REAL® Blog is a highly regarded source for structured settlement news, information, and commentary, led by structured settlement and settlement planning subect mater expert John Darer CLU ChFC MSSC CeFT RSP CLTC. With two decades of operation, the blog and 4structures.com are recognized as comprehensive resources, offering detailed guides and specialized insights. Established in 2005, the blog caters to a broad audience, including legal professionals, injured individuals, families, and various stakeholders, providing reviews and opinions on settlement planning. John Darer, President of 4structures.com LLC, is a seasoned structured settlement expert with over 40 years of financial services experience and 31 years specializing in structured settlements. Based in Stamford, CT, he is a Certified Financial Transitionist and Registered Settlement Planner, holding insurance licenses in 45 states and the District of Columbia. John Darer is dedicated to transparency and advocacy, he emphasizes the importance of engaging trained and licensed professionals for settlement planning, offering valuable insights through his investigative journalism and professional commentary.
When a Single French Fry Was A Good Investment

When a Single French Fry Was A Good Investment

by John Darer CLU ChFC CSSC

Some investors make huge amounts of money trading scrap metal. How about food scraps?

An astute sports fan, who was unafraid to get his hands dirty, noticed that David Beckham dropped a french fry (a/k/a “chip” in Kiwi/Brit/Aussie speak) at this Nando’s Wellington, New Zealand restaurant. He picked it up and promptly placed it and a half drunk bottle of coke in a listing on the New Zealand auction site Trade me. Click here for David Beckham french fry listing. Click here for the David Beckham Coke listing

The French fry attracted an initial bid of one NZ dollar (75 US cents), rising to four NZ dollars and fifty cents at the time of this writing, with over a week still left.  Consider this…in  just a few hours, a salty cholesterol laden no nutritional value morsel with David Beckham’s DNA has had greater appreciation than the stock market this year!

The bidding on the coke is up to $159 at the time of this writing with 5 days still left.

Beckham was in Wellington, the New Zealand capital, for three days last week with his LA Galaxy soccer team to play an exhibition match against local team Wellington Phoenix.

Now don’t do something silly like collecting pennies on the dollar for your structured settlement to bid on the David Beckham fry.

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