Sentences with phrase «outrageous prices for»

Others try to justify outrageous prices for their top devices and we're out to show our customers they can get a device with the high - end features they want, at a price that won't empty their wallet.»

I also felt like such a sucker paying outrageous prices for PS2 memory cards, that played a big role in me passing on getting a Vita at release.

There was also that issue of EA charging outrageous prices for heroes that would take 40 + hours to unlock characters.

Sounds like they have a slick marketing ploy to charge outrageous prices for cats.

As a matter of fact, the Yorkshire Terrier Club of America's Code of Ethics prohibits using words like «teacup», «micro», «mini» and «pocket» because they feel that these words are nothing more than a marketing ploy used by some breeders to justify charging outrageous prices for their puppies - I have personally seen the word «micro» used to describe puppies listed for sale for as much as $ 10,000!!!

Buffett says that value and growth are joined at the hip — value investors just want profitable growth and they don't want to pay outrageous prices for future growth because, as Graham said, the future is uncertain.»

@justkt - that article you posted is written in 2005 at the HEIGHT of the bubble - of course it was better to rent than to pay outrageous prices for houses.

In the midst of disaster and destruction, the store charged outrageous prices for supplies, generators, batteries and even water.

The reading consumers are going to grow tired of paying outrageous prices for ebooks.

I've seen outrageous prices for it elsewhere.

However, it's not OK to charge outrageous prices for online dating — that's just cruel.

She says that breastfeeding support should not be based on the ability to pay outrageous prices for it or because one's healthcare provider just happens to be interested in breastfeeding.

I get incensed by the outrageous prices for inferior shanks that some fancy stores get away with.

So do you think that Motorola offering up Verizon's LTE service justifies such an outrageous price for the Xoom, or will you be looking to the competition?

When your friends are handing over their hard - earned cash for an eBook from the big name stores (and moaning about the outrageous price for a book you can't even hold in your hands), you'll have instant access to more books than you could possibly read in a lifetime... and they won't cost you a single cent.

I'd personally be willing to pay an outrageous price for an official Sony product that played every retail and / or digital game ever released on any PlayStation.

That laptop at least includes 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage — but it's still an outrageous price for a 7th - Gen m3 machine.

Amongst grinning Apple enthusiasts, shrieks of laughter as executives impersonated chickens and a blown - up talking poop attempted to justify an outrageous price for an otherwise interesting device, the event had all the cringe - worthy marks of the annual reveal you've learned to expect.

Not exact matches

Ticket prices aren't the only thing going for outrageous prices.

The most outrageous price hikes — the ones that have drawn the most public attention — number in the 1,000 % - plus range, have been imposed on therapies for vulnerable and niche populations, or both.

Shkreli, who was arrested Thursday morning on securities fraud charges, has effectively waved a red flag for months in front of federal prosecutors, keeping himself in the media glare with a hugely controversial price hike of a drug that benefits AIDS patients, pregnant women and cancer patients, attacking his critics, including presidential contender Hillary Clinton, and lighting up Twitter with outrageous statements.

We sometimes have to shop for it elsewhere when vendors come into the fray with outrageous price points.

over-hyped, overrated, outrageous price tag for a player in a mediocre League....

I'm sure we all deprecate the old principle of caveat emptor in buyer - seller relations, but let's be fair, if a man buys a lousy dog for an outrageous price because he's a wise guy and refuses to seek or listen to competent counsel, I can not feel sorry for him.

Might get the ups and downs and a bit of abuse, but for # 8millions / year and a bunch of «mugs» regularly buying season tickets and paying outrageous price seats, he will take it... It is worth the trouble and the headache (if any).

Prices will be outrageous even for average players.

Remember just one thing, Barcelona with superstars upfront like Messi, Neymar, and Suarez not charging this outrageous price, same goes for BAYER and Real.

The brilliant Nice midfielder Jean - Michael Seri has been considered to be just as good as the long term Arsenal target Thomas Lemar but with Monaco's outrageous pricing he is available for a much cheaper price as his current release clause is set at just # 36m.

There has always been more discontent over prices of Season tickets and entrance fees at Arsenal, not only because we are the most expensive football ground to visit in the world, but because we get less rewards, in terms of trophies, for the outrageous prices our club charges.

SEE MORE: Liverpool transfer news: Reds poised to sign 39 - year - old who left Arsenal in 2002 Outrageous # 35m price tag set for Arsenal & Liverpool target after Euro 2016 performances Liverpool willing to pay # 21m for 16 - goal striker

To protest @Arsenal's outrageous ticket prices, we won't be entering the away bloc for the first 5 ′ to show what the future of football is.....

«I think most of us would agree that is an absolutely outrageous amount of money for a few beers,» the campaign said of the event's tickets prices, writing in a fundraising email of its own.

College tuition prices are outrageous, yet people that can't afford to go to college figure out a way to pay for it.

You can buy pre-cooked brown rice in the freezer section of natural food stores for an outrageous price.

Now we know exactly how outrageous it is: The price of the EpiPen — an auto - injector of the inexpensive hormone ephinephrine — has skyrocketed by more than 600 % since 2008, Money reports, from around $ 100 for the standard two - pack in 2008 to more than $ 735 today.

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If you missed out on the SKII facial masks that I talked about in this post, or if you didn't purchase them due to the OUTRAGEOUS price tag (but for real though, $ 125 for 10 sheet masks is insane.

It's $ 370, but for a dress of this quality the price isn't overly outrageous — click here to buy it.

There is also the fact that ticket scalpers buy all the tickets and resell them at outrageous prices, and when you get those tickets they're for really, really shitty seats (especially when the concert ain't as good as you expected it to be).

The tone is more restrained than outrageous, but Burr and Price don't have a strong enough perspective to compensate for the mediocre humor.

More fun with outrageous Irish pricing: This very utelet, equipped with MMI (though without navigation enabled), cloth seats and automatic climate control could be yours for the low, low price of $ 67,152.

Loaded, our test truck listed for $ 41,965, really not an outrageous price given the content.

Regarding the affordability of print books: some of the prices charged for digital books are, in my opinion, outrageous.

Unless the consumer takes the time to notice who will be fulfilling the order and then bothers to click for further options in order to find the actual content owner, one of the many «bookshop» sellers who buys a book, undercuts the price, and then makes up for it in outrageous shipping fees can get that sale.

$ 14.99 to $ 19.99 for a new release ebook is outrageous and I am hoping Amazon will lower prices as a result of this.

When Nike released its self - lacing HyperAdapt 1.0 sneakers last year, people went crazy for them, even with their outrageous $ 720 price tag.

Anything that helps overcome the outrageous college text book prices is a plus in my book — as long as they don't take a «we have this and you don't» stance and push the price for e-textbooks up too high, also.

Or maybe you're one of those authors who's stumbled across a copy of your paperback selling on Amazon for $ 6,789 or some such outrageous price.

With its outrageous download fees for ebooks (megabyte for megabyte, over five times more expensive than Verizon cell phone data charges) and the low royalty it pays on books outside a narrow price range ($ 2.99 - 9.99), Amazon is probably earning double the profits on ebooks as competitors such as Apple or various national ebook retailers.

They then make low - quality ebook versions and sell them for outrageous prices.