Deal Detectives Prints

'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'.

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."

“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.

That's supposed to say garage sale!

Sale.

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

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

"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.

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

Unusual Offers

Half-Price Haircut and Half-Cut Price Hair.

“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.

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

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

"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.

Don't forget to read the small print.

"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."

We all know the negotiation table, but how about the negotiation chair?