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Texan winks, plays ‘let’s make a deal’ with customers

Houston furniture dealer ties a tidy potential refund to the price of oil.

A furniture dealer in Houston — arguably the center of the American oil industry — is offering quite the deal: If a customer spends $7,000 or more at his store, he’ll refund the money if oil is going for $85 per barrel or more by Dec. 31, 

Current forecasts put crude somewhere between $50 and $75 by the end of the year. 

So, you know, caveat emptor.

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