Walt and Nancy arrived at Frankie’s Steak House a few minutes early. They wanted to get a good parking spot. No problem. The lot wasn’t very crowded. They parked and went inside. A man asked if they were there for the dinner and then directed them into a room. A waitress got them refreshments. Nancy saw that there were only a few people there yet and also that the room wasn’t set up for a speaker. There were no projectors or posters.

A bit later a smiling fat man asked them to go into another room. This was set up with tables in three rows. Here was the projector and a pile of charts, posters, and papers. There was also a table with a small mattress on it. Nancy hoped it wasn’t a show to try and sell them sex toys. Walt hoped it was.

The speaker welcomed them with a nice opening statement and a huge smile.

Nancy leaned over to Walt and said, “Last time I saw a smile like that was at the aquarium. It was on a shark”.

“Shush, honey, give the man a chance”, Walt responded.

“Sweetheart, we have the same chance with him as we would with the shark”.

The first thing Henry, the speaker, said to them was there wouldn’t be pressure put on them. If they didn’t think his product would help or they just didn’t want it then enjoy the dinner and thanks for coming. Then he launched into his speech. It was an amazing speech. Nancy didn’t understand a word he said. He talked so fast that she wasn’t really sure what the product was.

Henry asked if anyone there had lower back pain. Walt’s hand shot up immediately. Nancy didn’t understand the question. The speaker brought over a car seat cushion and asked Walt to try it for a while. Then he went on with his speed speaking. A few minutes later he asked Walt if he felt anything.

“Yea, I do. My back feel warm. That’s funny because this thing isn’t plugged into anything”, Walt told him.

“That’s the negative magnetic force field at work. There are 300 super-charged magnet sewn into that seat. They aren’t the magnets you have on your refrigerator. Those have a negative magnetic force field of about ten. These are rated at, ready for this?, 3900 alhms. Imagine that, 3990 alhms working to align all the chemicals, fluids and nerves in your back. You’d pay, and I have heard a good story about this, ten thousand dollars for visits to a chiropractor in the course of a few years to get the same results as a negative magnetic force field.

“ I know you all want to know the prices. I would. Folks, it ain’t gonna be ten thousand dollars. It ain’t going to be five thousand dollar, either. It won’t even be two thousand, although I, personally, would be more than willing to pay two thousand dollars to get this kind of relief.

“No, the price, for a twin size, is $1198. Yep, you heard me right, $1198. But, as our specially selected guests, we are going to let you purchase any thing we offer at, ready for this?, half price. That’s right, half price.”

Walt leaned over to Nancy and said, “Half price! That’s quite a savings. It really works good. My back is all warm and this isn’t an electric blanket”.

“Which I can buy for a lot less than six hundred dollars. Walt, your feeling warm because it’s insulated with wool. The magnets are cold metal. Think about it”, Nancy told him.

“Honey, the magnets are making a negative magnetic force field”, Walt told her.

“Sweetie, we don’t even know what that is. We don’t even know if there is such a thing. If there is, we don’t know what it does”, Nancy argued.

“It saves lots of money on chiropractors is what it does. I want one”, Walt told her.

Nancy thought her arguments through. She knew she could talk Walt out of it. She knew she could resist whatever pressure this Henry would put on them. She knew Walt would agree with her after a while. She also knew that Walt rarely spent money on himself. Her heart melted.

“Okay, sweetie, let’s get a queen size so we both can use it”.

That’s what she said. What she thought was she’d be sleeping with a couple of thousand magnets digging into her back. She’d have to go to her chiropractor three times a week instead of two.