I noticed that there was a nice discount for large bundles of pencils, so I bought one and then went door to door selling them. Not sure how old I was, but this was during elementary school. I think one pencil cost 2 cents, and I would sell them for 16 cents. Then a friend came along, and I hired him to join me for 8 cents a pencil. My father was later telling me I shouldn't have paid him so much, so I got discouraged and didn't continue the "business".