So I sold a company to the guy who helped found and start (Bass Tickets ) later Ticket Master and he likes telling the story of flying over to London to make their first deal against all odds.

As it turned out he had to get there fast to close the deal…so he took the Concord out of New York. He got the deal done at the last minute and stayed to celebrate with the client and was back at Heathrow the next day ready to head back across the pond and celebrate with his team.

As this was back in the 70’s the merchant was often on the telephone to Master Charge or whomever was the Card Company to verify credit on big ticket items, this is when they proceeded to cut his credit card in half in from of him at the ticket counter. This entrepreneur found him self a fare ways from home with a challenge on his hands.

Ah debt our misunderstood friends! Yes debt was his friend and he did find a way home (in laws if memory serves me) and sold his interest in the company for a very large (behemoth) sum a few years later and apparently to this day there are free tickets for all events that ticket master handles for him anywhere he finds himself…he loves telling this story and I’ve heard it a few times and your piece made me think of sharing it.

My own personal version was about 4 cards maxed out when the towers came down and the only phone calls from then on where from the banks o_O

Cheers mate!