But then again, neon fell out of use by the 1970s, unable to compete with the bargain prices of backlit plastic signs. .
It is available in an unusual array of formats: $35 hardcover (a handsome boxed edition decorated with an Afro pick); eye-catching $9.99 paperback with a big red Fury on its cover; an e-book with the bargain price of 99 cents, a first for Little, Brown (though it will rise to $4.99 a month after publication); and the usual audio-book CDs.
The Mavericks may have ended up with the best bargain of all in the four-team swap.
And yet to travel the United States in this age of insecurity, with the basic bargain of middle-class life seemingly under assault, is to marvel at the persistence of faith in some larger system; belief that hard work must be rewarded, if only out of common decency.
This, together with the bargaining power of the focal company and its capacity to retain large shares of the total value added created in the chain, allows for making significant investments in marketing and especially in reputation (for strengthening retail brand loyalty) and innovation (basically to catch-up with large processors) (Table 1) (Galizzi and Venturini 1999).
Agatha Christie's entire back catalogue, complete with attractive carry case, for the bargain price of £5.99?
A 2009 cover story by the Miami New Times revealed South Florida's sordid history with butt injections, calling it "the bargain basement of plastic surgery".
He has never had a problem finding places to vape – even on a flight to Spain with one of the bargain airlines.
So if a future king wants to break with their side of the bargain, it's time we broke with ours.
Sightseeing Visitors can absorb a surprising amount of Icelandic history and art, and walk Reykjavik in the bargain, with the help of a free pamphlet, "Artistic Treasures," from the Tourist Information Center.
