Golden Eagle Syrup: Three or four years ago I had a bumper crop of honey. Each year I put a sign up in the front yard and sell it off the front porch on the honor system. That year I had an Iranian guy stop, knock on the door and ask if he bought 2 gallons of honey in pint jars would I give him a discount. I was selling it for $8 a pint at that time.
I thanked him but said "no, I don't have any problem selling it." He bought 16 pints and left. A day or so later another guy stopped by and told me, "I bought a jar of your honey from the Marathon gas station on Hwy 24. It's really good." I thanked him and after he left drove over to the store to see what was going on because I have never sold any honey except at my house.
On a display rack near the cash register was a sign saying LOCAL HONEY and a dozen of my jars of honey, still with my card attached, and a dozen more pint jars without my card. I asked the lady at the counter if this was all local honey and she said "yes." The price was $13 per pint jar. About that time the Iranian guy walks in from the back and says, "your honey is a good seller, I've already sold 8 jars!"
I said, "but you only bought 16 jars, where did these other jars of honey come from?" He smiled and said, "I'm a good business man! I mix your honey, half a jar, with half a jar of Golden Eagle syrup and people love it."
I asked, "so these jars with my cards are half Golden Eagle syrup?" "Yes!" with a big smile he said. I told him I wanted my cards back because that wasn't 100% honey anymore. He didn't like it but I cut the ribbon I tie the cards on the jars with, collected my cards and left.
Golden Eagle syrup at that time was just under $3 a pint.