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The judge was outraged: "To kill a man for a shilling! What can you say in your defense?"
I fell over once or twice for no apparent reason.
Even if it represented a real reduction it would be an insult.
A man was accused of murdering someone for the sake of one pengo, the equivalent of a shilling, and pleaded guilty.
What breathtaking impertinence to advertise 1p OFF your soap or washing powder or dog food or whatever.
All the same, if bargains were prohibited by law our standard of living would immediately rise by 7.39 percent.
People's decisions on where to live and work, what to buy or pass over, how much to save are at the heart of the free market system.
Their purchases account for almost two-thirds of all the money spent each year, with government and business responsible for the rest.
Every day, the nation's 218 million consumers spend more than 3 billion dollars.
Although a sharp dividing line between types of computers is not always easy to see, computers are usually divided into two broad groups: digital and analog.
The trouble is that while people's needs are almost endless, their incomes aren't.
To offer bargains is a commercial trick to make the poor poorer.
Not only did their guests feel rather strange whenever they were offered sugar to put into their coffee, but the loo became extremely sticky.
Whether the nation’s huge business machine sputters or steams ahead depends on millions of individual consumers, the real "bosses" of the American economy.
To be able to afford these items and still have money left for nonessentials such as travel and entertainment, most families find themselves economizing and watching their pennies.
When greedy fools fall for this trick, it serves them right.
About 70 per cent of the average household's spending goes for necessities such as housing, food, clothes and health care.
Business and government take their cues from consumers, adjusting plans to meet their wants and needs.
A more recent definition is: a bargain is a dirty trick to extort money from the pockets of silly and innocent people.
It is an opportunity to buy something at a lower price than it is really worth.