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Listen, skip the middleman.

You need to skip the middleman.

I wish I could skip the middleman.

How can I skip the middleman?

Yeah.

So, a couple of years ago, when I moved to America, I bought a bed, you know, so I can sleep.

I didn't have any furniture.

And I went to a furniture store.

And so I was looking around and I saw a bed that I really liked.

But it was $800.

And I'm thinking, oh my goodness, that's really expensive.

I bet if I could go directly to the company that makes the bed, I could probably save two, maybe $300.

Because, you know, the company that makes the bed, they sell it to another company who sells it to me, right?

The company that sells me the bed is the middleman.

I want to go to the source, S-O-U-R-C-E.

Not the middleman.

Think about this.

If you buy food from the farmer, it's going to be cheaper than buying food at the grocery store.

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