Just as the brief season defines a moment to view intricate Savoir Faire via houses like Chanel, Dior, Giambattista Valli and Valentino, it also marks a terrific moment to launch a high quality item.

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They saw it as a way to sell a high-ticket item, not to mention an opportunity "to meet superstars, " says Rome.

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The company makes highly durable engineered quartz countertops, a relatively high-priced item that is more expensive than laminate and costs as much as its arch rival, granite.

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Although cigarettes can be sold by bar staff, the spokesman said many pubs would not opt to introduce that, as it raised issues about having a "high-value" item behind the bar and interfered with serving drinks.

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If your item is in high demand, this is a great option to expedite a sale.

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The writ lodged at the High Court says it happened after she dropped the item and retrieved it from under a display.

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But it is notoriously ill-suited to high-tech industries that have to tailor each item to a customer's specific needs (as in a data-switching centre or air-traffic-control system) or in which it is crucial that thousands of interrelated components all work correctly together (as in a rocket vehicle).

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And be forewarned: If the charity does sell the item within two years, it must report the sale to the IRS, which might then raise questions about whether the charity really intended to use the item and whether the value you put on it was too high.

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