3

Never spend more for an acquisition than you have to.

 

7

Keep your ears open.

 

9

Opportunity plus instinct equals profit.

 

10

Greed is eternal.

 

16

A deal is a deal.

 

21

Never place friendship above profit.

 

22

A wise man can hear profit in the wind.

 

34

War is good for business

 

35

Peace is good for business

 

45

Expand or die

 

48

The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife.

 

57

Good customers are as rare as latinum. Treasure them

 

59

Free advice is seldom cheap.

 

62

The riskier the road, the greater the profit.

 

74

Knowledge equals profit.

 

94

Females and finances don't mix.

 

98

Every man has his price.

 

109

Dignity and an empty sack is worth the sack.

 

125

You can't make a deal if you're dead.

 

168

Whisper your way to success

 

190

Hear all, trust nothing.

 

203

New customers are like razor-toothed gree-worms. They can be succulent, but sometimes they bite back.

 

214

Never begin a negotiation on an empty stomach.

 

217

You can't free a fish from water.

 

285

No good deed ever goes unpunished.

 

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition#cite_ref-10

Is this post a "life lesson / advice" or for Lego buying?

Don't get high on your own supply.

 

Of course, if there is a Drug Cartel army storming your house - it couldn't hurt.

Is this post a "life lesson / advice" or for Lego buying?

 

I don't know what it is. Just thought I would post the rules of the greatest traders and investors of the galaxy

Don't get high on your own supply.

 

Of course, if there is a Drug Cartel army storming your house - it couldn't hurt.

 

Preach it Tony Montana.  I think we have a similar thread to this one, but it was a looooong time ago.

"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer".

 

"Its not personal its strictly business".

You snooze you lose

loose lips, sink ships!

22

A wise man can hear profit in the wind.

That isn't the only thing 'in the wind'. He who smelt it dealt it.

Is this post a "life lesson / advice" or for Lego buying?

I'm confident the Ferengi would have cornered the Lego market at the expense of the Chinese in 300 years.

285

No good deed ever goes unpunished.

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition#cite_ref-10

This has always been my favorite rule. Not to live by, but to remember how true it is from certain point of views.

Better an empty wallet than a full grave.

Better an empty wallet than a full grave.

Already covered by RoA #125. The Ferengis are wiser than most

125

You can't make a deal if you're dead.

94

Females and finances don't mix.

Well, isn't this sexist.

34

War is good for business

 

35

Peace is good for business

Wait, don't these two contradict each other?

The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions.

Well, isn't this sexist.

Wait, don't these two contradict each other?

Yes it is sexist. Doesn't make it any less true than women have babies.  

 

The 2 do contradict each other, which is intentionally meant to be funny and describe the amorality of capitalism

The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions.

Which makes you wonder what the road to heaven is paved with. Bad ones?

He/She who hesitates is lost.*

 

I think this is pseudoty's signature but its gotta be close to the top on the list of lego investing acquisition 10 commandments.

Especially true when you come upon a deal you know is great but you don't grab it then and there and then come back later the next day and u got poofed.

 

*The corollary is of course he/she who doesn't hesitate can always return it later.

 

there is a endless lack of hesitation here on bp .

Edited September 4, 201411 yr by cladner

Maybe this is worded differently in the list above, but I like to live by the rule:

 

Buy now, think later.

 

When awesome deals are around, buy it before it's gone. If you have buyers remorse, you can always return it.

Yes it is sexist. Doesn't make it any less true than women have babies.  

 

The 2 do contradict each other, which is intentionally meant to be funny and describe the amorality of capitalism

I do not see the contradiction. The rules simply mean any good Ferengi can do good business in war OR peace.

* Contemplating about changing my avatar to Quark ;)

109

Dignity and an empty sack is worth the sack.

 

My favourite

69

You got to lick it before you stick it.

 

 

Also, here's some actual wisdom, and I took two extra seconds to make it sound clever:  "Automobiles are destroying the environment... and your profit margins."  Make sure you keep a close eye on the gas you're using while you're out shopping;  that tish gets expensive.

Plus one for relating the RoA to lego. That's awesome!

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Ferengi

Overview of the Ferengi from Star Trek for our confused non-trekkie Brickpickers...

Plus one for relating the RoA to lego. That's awesome!

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Ferengi

Overview of the Ferengi from Star Trek for our confused non-trekkie Brickpickers...

.. Or just watch Star Trek Deep Space 9 (DS9), available for free to Amazon Prime subscribers. One of the best scifi show ever. The show cleverly presented the different races (Ferengis, Cardassians, Bajorans, Klingons, the Founders, etc) as societies with their own unique rules and customs instead of as "race of the week" (exposed in 1 episode, forgotten in the next). It was well written too with episodes that managed to be distinct yet still part of the bigger continuity.

.. Or just watch Star Trek Deep Space 9 (DS9), available for free to Amazon Prime subscribers. One of the best scifi show ever. The show cleverly presented the different races (Ferengis, Cardassians, Bajorans, Klingons, the Founders, etc) as societies with their own unique rules and customs instead of as "race of the week" (exposed in 1 episode, forgotten in the next). It was well written too with episodes that managed to be distinct yet still part of the bigger continuity.

It was a good show until the dominion wars - those episodes (or story arcs) were boring.

Ex Astris, Scientia.

Well, isn't this sexist.

Wait, don't these two contradict each other?

 

Not really contradicting.

 

Quark is a man of many 'businesses'. If its peace, his bar goes very good. If its war, his less legal side activities go well.

 

Perhaps we should the write the RoLA, some rules every investor here can benefit from