Aba boys no dey buy iPhone 17, we buy am for you and add our own profit

My guy walked into my shop yesterday, saw iPhone 17 on my display, and said 'Kola you dey use this phone? Na so you dey chop money?' I just laugh. See my brother, the phone in my pocket is a 2019 tokunbo, cracked screen, battery health 71%. But the iPhone 17 on my shelf is for the person wey wan buy am. That is the difference between consumer and businessman.

Every Aba boy knows this code. We no dey buy the thing wey we dey sell. We buy low, we add value, we sell higher. If I use my profit to buy the same product I'm selling, when will I build capital? The iPhone 17 is ₦1,850,000. That same money is stock for four more units. Four more units is four more customers. Four more customers is rent, school fees, and one small land in Aba.

But my friend said 'Kola you no get sense, you dey sell phone but you no dey enjoy am.' Maybe he's right. But I've seen too many boys blow their capital on enjoyment and come back to borrow ₦20,000 for transport. So tell me, if you sell pure water for traffic, you go dey drink your own pure water every day?