During its heyday, Comdex became reviled within the technology industry for charging what were seen as exorbitant mark-ups on everything from floor space to fees for unloading trucks with equipment, something the electronics association does not do, he said.
Their worry is that they never get allocated shares in the initial distribution, and that to participate in an IPO they have to buy the shares at an exorbitant mark-up in the after-market.
Whereas smaller clubs like Augsburg (Baba Rahman to Chelsea) and Mainz (Shinji Okazaki to Leicester) welcome the opportunity to sell on cheap imports at exorbitant mark-ups to the Premier League, sides with European ambitions will have a harder time holding on to their star players.
"These unscrupulous speculators and their underhanded tactics have manipulated the marketplace and often leave New Yorkers and visitors alike with little choice but to buy tickets on the secondary market at an exorbitant mark-up," stated Governor Cuomo.
His time with the team was marked by losing seasons, exorbitant contracts with underperforming players and a sexual-harassment lawsuit.
Thomas was removed as the Knicks' coach and president after a four-year tenure marked by controversy, infighting, exorbitant payrolls and listless play.
Some of his more trenchant observations: On restaurant wine: "Most restaurants treat wine as a luxury item, marking it up an exorbitant 200 to 500 percent, thereby effectively discouraging the consumption of wine.
In 1956, Lincoln sold the Mark II for a then-exorbitant $10,000, about the same price as a Rolls-Royce and twice that of a Cadillac.
Yesterday's government undertaking to give the new Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) powers to set a cap on exorbitant interest rates charged on payday loans marks a significant staging-post in that work.
After Germany surrendered to the Allies in 1945, the combination of price controls and a nearly worthless mark led to a new spiral of inflation: acute shortages of most products, long lines and exorbitant black-market prices.
The thrill was exorbitant.
