Word: discount
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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REPAIR JOBWhat a pro would charge Discount price of parts Do-it yourself savings Probable time required Replace thermostat $23.33 $2.37 $20.96 45 min. Replace spark plugs 32.40 7.39 25.01 45 min. Replace crankcase filter 6.80 1.79 5.01 5 min. Replace air filter 12.74 3.99 8.75 3 min. Tune up engine 77.54 11.37 66.17 2 hrs. Change oil & filter...
...afford to. We might not be publishing the marginal, slower-selling books any longer. It's costing publishers tax money up front now. Publishing, in the end, will lose out." Hard-pressed houses are being forced to remainder their stock (sell it at a large discount and turn the loss into a tax deduction). Few publishers are known to have sent books to the pulpers. When and if they do, the unwanted volumes would be dumped into vats. There, acids would bleach the words from pages before they are processed into such products as toweling and tissues...
...customers. But overseas, in such places as Saudi Arabia, it is too expensive to maintain an office, so we I rely on a dealer. He's the person who I unearths the opportunities and makes I the sales. We offer our equipment I to the dealer at a discount off the list price, and his markup to the customer is, in effect, his commission...
...only area of the book industry that is optimistic about the ruling are the managers of discount outlets. "It's certain that stores will get great deals," David R. LePere, manager of Wordsworth Books, said...
Adena Siegel, assistant merchandise manager for Harvard Bookstores, said she expected the selection of discount books to improve within the next few weeks...