They bought cars and other fancy items, and on balance the Long Island economy benefited".
November 11th is marketed as "Singles' Day" to entice China's unmarried legions to splash out on fancy items.
And the best-sellers were not fancy items like spices, glass, gold and brass, but flax and soap.
But members who want to bid on more fancy items use many more credits each time they bid.
At the higher end are genteel shows like "Auction Kings" (Discovery) and "Cash & Cari" (HGTV), with neat transactions and sometimes fancy items.
A number of the Plain items could therefore be Fancy, though fewer of the Fancy items would be Plain, mostly because the selections on the Fancy side suggest that ostentation came to an end circa 1900.
Big ships also have economic advantages over airlines: they have large populations of captive diners, and the cruise lines do their purchasing and preparation in such enormous quantities that their costs per meal are extremely low, even for fancy items.
Less fancy items that hold their value better include air-conditioning — figure $700 back on a $1,000 price — and cruise control, which would return about $175 of a $200 cost.
Additionally, rural consumers outshop for sports goods and flooring materials, while urban consumers outshop for children's clothing and fancy items for women's use.
The site also has a million users who "fancy" items over 500,000 times per day.
