Mr. Sears Killer? There's a great line in the movie Ninotchka. Garbo, a Russian aristocrat, is trying to sell her jewels to pay her living expenses. A couple of American (or British) Jewelers come to appraise them.

"We can offer a million, though we'd be taking a huge lose. We'd do it for you."

Gabro: "Ah capitalism, you take loss after loss and still you make a profit."