Someone who was deperate for parnassa once approached my husband in shul for an eitza. THey spoke a bit about his situation and then the yingerman told my husband that he was about to pay a large amount of money to a kabbalist soon, (or some one of this sort of caliber) to prescribe a segula for his circumstance.
My husband told him “meet me here tommorrow I have one I can sell you”. The man was overjoyed at the price. Only $5.
Next day he comes up to my husband and is like “nu”?
So my husband writes something down secretly on a little piece of paper. Gets his $5 and then gives the paper over to the man.
The little paper just read “ARBIT”.
THe man was very angry. Humilitated is more accurate. But my husband told him that is the only solution. Because this man was not of the mentality to work to earn a living. He’d rather waste money on segulas.
So he got one.