The opposite, it's because they know they'll be able to shift it & it'll be worth something if it says Brooks on it, whereas anything else they probably don't know what they're looking at.
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The opposite, it's because they know they'll be able to shift it & it'll be worth something if it says Brooks on it, whereas anything else they probably don't know what they're looking at.