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Re:Japanese beef croquettes are so popular there's a 30-year... by innocenat on Sunday January 08, 2023 @06:33AM (#34298221)
For this product, they only accept cash on delivery payment method. So they aren't getting $6mm up front.
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Re:Japanese beef croquettes are so popular there's a 30-year... by witheld on Sunday January 08, 2023 @10:33AM (#34299910)
That comment seriously had me worried, a butcher producing 6 million dollars of promissory notes (!!!) would be concerning to say the least
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Re:Japanese beef croquettes are so popular there's a 30-year... by MichaelZuo on Sunday January 08, 2023 @01:50PM (#34301859)
Well maybe one day...
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Re:Japanese beef croquettes are so popular there's a 30-year... by andreimiulescu on Monday January 09, 2023 @01:34AM (#34307481)
It would be the perfect scenario, I think people would pre-pay.
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Re:Japanese beef croquettes are so popular there's a 30-year... by JoshuaDavid on Monday January 09, 2023 @01:18PM (#34313827)
Perhaps they could use a cryptocurrency for customers to be able to demonstrate that they were entitled to a beef croquette. Proof of Steak I think it's called.
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