Worse, I suspect the cheaper sites claw back the extra discount in higher shipping costs.

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The Federal Reserve, lagging other central banks, pumped in extra money and then cut its discount rate to prevent a seizure of the financial system in the aftermath of the subprime mortgage market debacle.

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Also, many reps go into direct sales because they want to buy their favorite products at a discount and have fun earning a little extra spending money.

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Instead of saying that the subscribers will be over-charged for extra use, the company is saying that the users will get a discount for controlled use.

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Under such a system, for example, a store owner could give a discount to someone paying with an American Express credit card, charge extra for use of a Visa charge card and leave the price unaltered for a Visa credit card.

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One example that Lodish admires: auto dealers that pitch the notion that now is a good time to buy a big vehicle because the discount will save customers more than enough money to compensate for the extra fuel costs over four or five years.

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Secondaries can often present buying opportunities for bullish investors interested in purchasing shares, because the sudden extra supply of stock tends to require that the offering be priced at an attractive discount to where the stock had previously been trading before the offering announcement.

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