And you thought getting zincolns was bad...

[thecrazyone]

https://www.livemint.com/market/stock-m ... 44425.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/jpmorga ... use-2023-3

[Doctor Steuss]

From one of the hyperlinks in the BI article (of a previous incident to the recent JP Morgan nickel fiasco):

Swiss trading house Mercuria Energy ordered $36 million worth of copper last summer, but received instead a consignment of painted rocks from its Turkish supplier.

Yikes

[thecrazyone]

But them's some purdy rocks

XD

[Lemon Thrower]

"Don't take any wooden nickels!"

[thecrazyone]

"Don't take any wooden nickels!"

"Or stone ones!"

XD

[galenrog]

Supply and warehouse fraud is common. Some analysts estimate that it adds between 10% and 20% to the costs of both raw and finished goods. Other analysts say the costs worldwide are negligible. When it happens to you, the results can be devastating.

Time for more coffee.