Let the Buyer Beware

Let the Buyer Beware By Elton Camp These days, it is especially nice To find an item at a bargain price A half-price car Reginald got But had to meet in a parking lot “Cash only,” the seller did say He’d mail the car title right away An advertisement for rings Meg spied Right there in the newspaper classified She had to drive into the country rather far To see jewelry from the trunk of his car The prices were simply incredible, though She bought several items and was on the go A sixty-inch flat screen television set For only fifty bucks, Joe was able to get It was delivered in an old, beat-up truck Joe simply couldn’t believe his luck The stolen items the police confiscated Thus, the “bargains” they much hated When word of the buys the cops got All said, “We had no idea it was hot!” Suspicious circumstances they had to see To such purchases should never agree