Originally Posted by J$tyle$

That's an interesting story, Paul.

My grandfather had contracts with furniture manufacturers all over the U.S. and sold primarily to major universities around the country.

The man sold millions of $'s of furniture that filled buildings upon buildings at a time - dorm rooms, class rooms, offices, etc.

On top of whatever he made on the sale of the furniture he'd charge like 3 - 4 times his actual cost for installation. I remember seeing an invoice on his desk one time for 180K for a deal at Rutgers University - I asked him what it cost him to hire the crew to do the work for him - and he said "about 60K"!

I can only imagine how much he made from selling the furniture!!!

About 5 years ago he donated a wing/pavillion to NYU Medical Center.

The old guy is definitely one of my heros!