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by dragonwriter 3250 days ago
100% off is free, no matter what the base price is, so that's clearly not true. (Though, oddly, it's not uncommon online, with a “just pay (inflated) shipping and handling charge” proviso.)
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crimsonalucard 3250 days ago
The guy meant 100% of the new price off from the old price. It's a bit of a reverse temporal brain fart, but it is a valid statement. For some reason I just instinctively knew that this is what he meant.
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EADGBE 3249 days ago
Hey, any reason to downvote someone into oblivion is a cause worth fighting for.

- Someone with too much time and too much karma.

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SwellJoe 3250 days ago
I mean, if you go into a jewelry store with a gun and declare that everything is free you can get everything for 100% off (probably just the one time, though).

Can't do that with jewelry on Amazon.

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dragonwriter 3250 days ago
> I mean, if you go into a jewelry store with a gun and declare that everything is free you can get everything for 100% off (probably just the one time, though).

Maybe not even that; they are obvious targets, and as such precautions are common.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-05-08/news/010508027...

> Can't do that with jewelry on Amazon.

You can try, once you learn where the fulfillment warehouse is.

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