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A man and his assistant arrived in a town and spread the word to the townspeople that the man was willing to buy monkeys for $100 each. The people knew there were many monkeys in the nearby forest and immediately started catching them. Thousands were bought at a price of $100.
The supply of monkeys quickly diminished to a point where it took many hours catch even one more. When the new man announced he would now buy monkeys at a price of $200, the town’s resident’s redoubled their efforts to catch monkeys. But it was so hard they stopped trying.
The man offered to pay $500 after he returned with additional cash from a trip to a big city. While the man was gone, his assistant told the villagers one by one: “I will sell you my boss’ monkeys for $350, and when he returns from the city, you can sell them to him for $500.”
The villagers bought every single monkey from the assitant and after that they never saw the man or the assistant ever again, except in advertisements on the Internet offering free books about how to triple your money, as long as you pay for shipping and handling.
