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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 09:20 PM
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Does anyone else have difficulty with the following wording?
Thousands of dollars worth of furniture, for way below purchase price.

Does this mean free?
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 10:01 PM
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1. lol
yeah, that's worded very badly.

I once saw a newspaper story that referred to "hail the size of hailstones". I nodded knowingly.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 10:11 PM
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3. ROFL!
I'd give that reporter or copy editor a raise. That's brilliant. :rofl:

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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 10:35 PM
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4. I am thinking they mean way below retail
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 10:04 PM
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2. That's pretty awkward
But it would have been worse if the ad copy had been written by lawyers.
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