An entitled jerk tries to force me out of business by suing me into oblivion, all because I broke up

the monopoly he had in our area. But as a result, I won every single case this guy brought against me,

leaving me and my fiance with a massive payout after he had to settle for a huge amount of money.

Here's what happened. I'm 26 years old and I decided to open my own business this year.

Moving forward in this post, I should point out that I am in a small town of maybe a thousand people in the rural Midwest. Because of this, everyone has some sort of connection with somebody. We went to one of the liquor stores in the closest city 30 minutes away, which is a small city of about 8,000 people. And when we were grabbing some alcohol for a party, I was looking

at the prices and I saw how insane the prices were. For a six pack of local beer, we were charged

$15. Now, I was thinking about this and figured that I could probably make bank opening a liquor

store. Back in February, I was furious about my awful job and thinking out loud how cool it would

be to own my own business to a friend.

My friend's mom happened to be the president of the local bank and they told me, hey, with a pandemic,

the bank has been struggling to find customers to give out loans. Right now the bank is giving

loans for cheap. A couple of weeks later, I went in and met with my friend's mom and pitched my

idea with the research I had done on alcohol

prices, potential demand, and estimated income. So then, as a result, I got a loan at a fantastic

interest rate. After that, I bought a building, which happened to be the former bank, and hired

my dad to help me renovate the building. My dad is a general contractor, and he gave me an excellent

quote on materials and labor. After working everything

out with the distributors, getting the proper license, and getting my paperwork I needed for the

government, I was ready to open my liquor store in May. I had started taking out ads in the local

newspaper advertising my store and my prices. When I was in talks with my distributor, I learned,

even with inflation and everything else,

the liquor stores in the city had like an 80% markup. I talked to a local business owner, and he suggested

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