Deal Detectives Pillows

'You realize, of course, there's nothing wrong with me. . . I'm only here 'cause of your 50%-off-first-visit coupon and I am not a serial bargain shopaholic.'

Woman sees supermarket's offer: 'Buy one get one for the same price'.

Autos. You can drive a hard bargain, but you may find a bargain is hard to drive.

Customer Convention

"Dear customers, we are pleased to announce that in five minutes, everything in store will be drastically reduced."

"They had a special offer at the Supermarket."

Help! You've got me surrounded!

"Which will it be - do we label it '20% free', and raise the price 20%, or label lit '40% free', and raise the price 40%?"

"They're on special offer so I got three times more than I could ever use for twice as much as I could afford!"

"What's that? I asked for a teal lichen. That's a brown thread. Are you trying to upset me?"

"It was terrifying experience being faced with that kind of compulsive, insane behaviour...I tell you it's positively the last time I put foot in the sales!"

'Big sale at the Dog Store. Buy 1, get 2 free.'

"We structured the deal so it won't make any sense to you."

That's supposed to say garage sale!

“It's $195 million. Now, I know what you're thinking: 'OK, what's the catch?'”

When Tia Carmen says... "I got it for a very good price!" it means...she stopped at a garage sale on the way home.

Sale.

'And I want that end table for $40...' When bargain hunters crack.

'Okay then, what's the price break on TWENTY drinks?'

"The Box is bigger, the contents smaller, increased the price and called it improved."

We have a problem with your research. We're Encyclopedia Britannica and you're Wikipedia.

Half-Price Haircut and Half-Cut Price Hair.

Unusual Offers

Screwdriver labelled 'Buyer' and screw labelled 'seller'.

“Son, that… ‘some this will all be yours’… is now!”

"I think he said he wants to buy 'just the one'. You'd better fetch the manager"

The United States' economy deflating.

Goodenow & Bettman: We have a deal Bob! But do we have any fans left?

'hold the blog - I got a bargain in the sales'

Pizza Special: 5 Pizzas for $50 (Limit 4).

"I'm innocent. I've just never been able to pass up a good plea bargain."

Micro and Macro Department,

"Take the severance package, Hayward. The rest of the board wanted a ritual slaying."

The merger hits a snag.

"Your curriculum vitae is extremely detailed, isn't it? I don't quite know what to make of the fact that your third-grade teacher, Miss Hartley, made you stand in the corner for throwing an eraser although another kid did it."