One Three Monopolisto Man Has A Stratagem

He does not call it a strategy. It is a stratagem. It is gemlike. It is his gamble. His ace in the hole. It is already starting to work.

It is true that he has spent heavily on his very first day, first being waylaid and then stumbling on something valuable. To complete the triad, he has added another purchase, the most expensive yet. But he is happy, because he will soon reveal himself to be the consummate bottom feeder.

The properties increase in value as one progresses to the older parts of Windy Acres. This was settled early and built over once but the generations watch over at least nine parcels that are so in demand that even Mr. Coffee will exceed normal limits to win these spots.

Monopolisto Man knows this and wants nothing better than to seem the pathetic loser, goading the Organization to venture its entire stake early in the game.

Already Coffee has run ahead and  outspent our hero. Lagging behind, Monopolisto Man is just on the verge of entering the Stratagem realm.

But something amazing takes place. Monopolisto Man had thought to settle here and there
and profess to be too broke to buy anything. He would put the expensive properties up to auction and watch
as Coffee bid them up, assuring that Coffee's mortgage values would always be less than normal, thus
assuring a gradual loss of capital. The stratagem was to keep Coffee as close to broke as possible. As soon as possible. Piranha play.

But it turns out that Coffee has already bought two of the choice places himself and completed a full day's
work. Meanwhile, our hero has managed to make a prodigious move. There is another major facility
around two corners of the Windy Acres road. He buys it at cost and thereby has good properties
but less cash than Coffee. Hardly what he envisioned.

In the meantime Coffee has left the high priced neighborhood and proves the most successful bottom feeder of all. He has the most money and the most real property.

And our hero is now cash poor, albeit with a handful of decent properties. He prepares to pack it in
for the day, wary of meeting Mr. Coffee and his gang of operators.

Whatever happens he knows it is not what he had planned or hoped for, though he had never once diverged from his essential plan.