Ingenuity

Young Chuck moved to Texas and bought a donkey from a farmer for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day. The next he drove up and said, "Sorry son, but I have bad news for you. The donkey died last night." Chuck replied, "Well then just give me my money back." The farmer said, "Can't do that. I went and spent it already." Chuck said, "OK, then just bring me the dead donkey." The farmer asked, "What yo gonna do with him?" Chuck said, "I'm going to raffle him off." The farmer said, "You can't raffle off a dead donkey." Chuck said, "Sure I can. Just watch me. I just won't tell anybody he's dead." A month later the farmer met up with Chuck and asked, "What happened with that dead donkey?" Chuck said, "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two dollars a piece and made a profit of $898.00." The farmer asked, "Didn't anyone complain?" Chuck said, "Just the guy who won, so I gave him his money back."