It is not uncommon for retailers to tout free shipping benefits, but then charge a higher price per item to cover their expenses as a result of the shipping policy.

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The story spends extensive time on deciphering particular bills, using agents to get line items changed, and lowering the per-item cost.

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Until recently, bonus rewards where limited to just one item per purchase, but the chain recently lifted the cap as gas prices started climbing.

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The last item I include here on forming relationships is often debated, particularly per the argument that it calls for everyone to become extroverts.

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Honest Tea's top-selling item is our organic Honey Green Tea, which has 35 calories per eight-ounce serving and is in a 16.9 oz. bottle.

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Yet, though Argentina devotes only a third as much, per citizen, as Chile to military spending, that is still the largest item in its federal budget, a quarter of it, the huge cost of state pensions excluded.

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Item No. 2 is the bid-ask spread, expressed as a per-year percentage expense.

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Although the game is free-to-play, it offers the chance to purchase premium accounts, giving you a new gun, an item that gives you a shorter respawn time, and one that heals you once per spawn.

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