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Quotes About Discount

Unfortunately the epistemological standards of common sense—we should credit the people and ideas that make correct predictions, and discount the ones that don't—are rarely applied to the intelligentsia and commentariat, who dispense opinions free of accountability.
~ Steven Pinker
We believe the 36, nearly 40, billion pound discount given for a right to buy houses took a million houses out of the public housing sector which is desperately needed for rent.
~ John Prescott
Disruption is in my genes. My father owned one of the first discount toy stores, Duane's Toyland, in Albany and Schenectady, near where I grew up. Discount was always a huge disruptor - it disrupted Sears Roebuck.
~ Craig Hatkoff
The genius of women has always been easy to discount, suppress, or attribute to the nearest man. When
~ Siri Hustvedt
If you want to put money in investment funds, buy a group of closed-end shares at a discount of, say, 10% to 15% from asset value, instead of paying a premium of about 9% above asset value for shares of an open-end company. Assuming that the future dividends and changes in asset values continue to be about the same for the two groups, you will thus obtain about one-fifth more for your money from the closed-end shares.
~ Benjamin Graham
But there are hundreds of closed-end bond funds, with especially strong choices available in the municipal-bond area. When these funds trade at a discount, their yield is amplified and they can be attractive, so long as their annual expenses are below the thresholds listed above.
~ Benjamin Graham
When you request a Lyft, 90% of the time, there is someone else going within a half mile of your destination. We've seen this on our platform, so now we're matching up these rides for a discount.
~ John Zimmer
Groupon's model: Getting the group discount rate first, finding the group second. The daily deal goes out and, if a minimum number of people sign up, they can all share in the group rate. Vendor gets customers, customers get a discount, Groupon gets a cut.
~ Rachel Sklar
The membership fee is a onetime pain, but it's reinforced every time customers walk in and see forty-seven-inch televisions that are two hundred dollars less than anyplace else," Sinegal said. "It reinforces the value of the concept. Customers know they will find really cheap stuff at Costco.
~ Brad Stone
as soon as the electric power grid came online, they dumped their electric power generator, and they started buying power off the grid. it just makes more sense. and that's what is starting to happen with infrastructure computing. bezos wanted AWS to be a utility with discount rates, even if that meant losing money in the short term.
~ Brad Stone
Jack bought it for $6.99 at T.J. Maxx, a discount clothing store where hip goes to die.
~ Harlan Coben
Practice negotiating, and hone your style and skills with low-consequence transactions. Call the phone company and threaten to switch providers if they won't give you a better deal on your service going forward. Go to a boutique and ask for a discount.
~ Ivanka Trump
She might have to use her employee discount to buy something more threatening today, although at the moment the most dangerous thing she could think of that Neiman Marcus had to offer was the employee discount itself.
~ Stephanie Bond
People loved to think they were getting a deal. Four times out of five they would look right past what they didn't want to see.
~ Donna Tartt
The premium tax credit that is in the Obama plan is exactly that - it is a tax credit, and it isn't cash. It is a discount on the amount that you pay for an individual policy based on your family size and your income.
~ Kathleen Sebelius
At the dealership, I pulled out the sieve and toyed with it threateningly. When the salesman was ready for me, I held it up, told him I was not a tourist and demanded a large discount.
~ Tahir Shah
These mages, Kol asked, a wicked glint in his eye, what kind of fees will they charge? Will I get a two-for-one discount, since they're twins?
~ Tamora Pierce
I am a sale shopper. I love a discounted item.
~ Brad Goreski
Indeed, the path to a life without empathy is a long and painful one, full of bartered humanity sold at a steep discount.
~ Brandon Sanderson
I love a good meal on a train, and if I'm travelling on a discount ticket, the challenge is to eat more than the price of the fare.
~ Michael Portillo
Many patients grew up feeling their perceptions of their parents were forbidden and dangerous. They have learned to discount their own often discerning observations and consequently feel mystified about what happens between themselves and others. The
~ Stephen A. Mitchell
Other stores put closeout or discontinued items on a shelf or cart in the back of the store.
~ Steve Economides
This doesn't mean you're getting a discount. Audrey heaved a mock sigh. Oh well. I guess I'll have to ply you with sexual favors, then. Gnome choked on the soup. I'm old enough to be your grandfather! Audrey winked at him, gathering the empty bags. But you're not.
~ Ilona Andrews
At the gun shop, AK-47s were stacked six high on the shelves … The day after the West invaded Afghanistan, a 'piety discount' was introduced for those who wished to buy the weapon to go the jihad.
~ Nadeem Aslam