You can buy about any automobile or truck now and get thousands of dollars off the sticker price. Even at this low price, I think they still make a profit. You can imagine how much profit they were making in the past.
This would also apply to the plasma television set I bought a couple of years ago. The same set now sells for about one half of what I paid. I thought I had gotten a great deal!
Some stores have all their items on sale every day. The discounts usually run in the 50% to 75% off retail price. If the discounts they advertise are true, the original mark up was 100% so it can’t be a sale at all.
A lot of service businesses (plumbers, electricians, gas suppliers, etc) are adding a fuel surcharge to their bill. This started when the price of gasoline and diesel was in the $4 – $5 dollar range. These prices have now dropped by over half, but the surcharge is still there.
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