Word: bargainer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...device works in future tests, Wampler and Frazier estimate, it might eventually be used in as many as 150,000 people a year. With a $3,000 price tag, the whirring little pump may be the ultimate rarity in medical technology: a bargain...
...company's unions. Yet Eastern's financial condition and Lorenzo's standoff with his workers are growing worse. Late in the week Eastern sued its pilots' and machinists' unions for $1.5 billion for trying to ruin the company financially in order to take it over at a bargain price...
...diamond cartel has been able to impose the price increases largely because of intense demand from Japan, where the strong yen has made imported gems a bargain and young couples have developed a newfound fondness for diamond engagement rings. While many diamonds have become more expensive in the U.S., sales still sparkle aplenty. One reason: single professional women are increasingly buying their own gems -- in discreet sizes...
...other cheap cartoon watches sold for $2,640. "It's not the article, it's who it belonged to," explained Steve Taenaka, a hair stylist who bid $1,000 for a Mickey Mouse watch and lost. He settled for the auction's six-volume catalog, a relative bargain...
Whereas ferries were once dismissed by many as too expensive, rising tolls and parking costs have made them a bargain. Converts savor the other benefits: comfortable vessels, snack bars and reclining seats, fresh air and a relaxed atmosphere...