We Buy A Lot Of Christmas Trees
Planet Money
NPR
4.6 • 30.5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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| 0:12.0 | That is donate.NPR.org slash planet money. Thanks so much. |
| 0:17.0 | This is Planet Money from NPR. |
| 0:21.0 | Christmas tree? Christmas trees? Eeeeeee Christmas tree here? Planet Money Christmas tree. |
| 0:30.0 | The day after Thanksgiving Nick, you and I participated in a grand American tradition trying to make a buck offer religious holiday. |
| 0:38.0 | You guys need a Christmas tree? Or good thanks. Christmas trees. Look at that beauty right there. Planet Money Christmas trees. |
| 0:45.0 | We had a pickup truck filled with Christmas trees, a few signs on a corner in a fancy Brooklyn neighborhood and we were ready to make some cash. |
| 0:53.0 | How much does a 6 to 7 foot Christmas tree go for these years? We're asking for $150. |
| 0:59.0 | And people are actually paying $150. No, no they are not. Not a single person. That's why we still have a truck full of trees. |
| 1:07.0 | So you trying to do people into buying two expensive Christmas trees? Is that what's going on? |
| 1:13.0 | I don't think it's dooping. It's seeing what the market will bear. |
| 1:17.0 | Okay and the market so far has not worn nothing. |
| 1:21.0 | He was right. We were striking out. What was it? Were our prices too high? Was our sales pitch off? Maybe people couldn't see our fancy podcast microphones. |
| 1:31.0 | I think we got a customer. |
| 1:36.0 | We're curious if this is a tree sale or if it's a news program. |
| 1:40.0 | It is both. I know. Kind of crazy. |
| 1:44.0 | Amanda and Leo Sidren and some extended family were headed to the park when they saw our sign. |
| 1:50.0 | It was just a matter of real and a men. |
| 1:52.0 | Are you interested in a tree? Yes we are interested in a tree. |
| 1:56.0 | Excellent. We were just discussing how much to charge for them because we haven't heard you say that you think they might be worth $150. |
| 2:04.0 | Before we put a price on this tree, would you like to hear the story of the tree? Of course. Excellent. |
| 2:12.0 | Picture if you will. A farm in the middle of Pennsylvania. Rolling hills, there are cows. There's a beautiful little barn off in the distance. |
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