No. He was being sarcastic. He used it to point out just how expensive something was.
I'll look up that systron dinner clock. Following these threads can get challenging on my phone! > On Jun 8, 2017, at 10:50 AM, JohnK <yend...@internode.on.net> wrote: > > Well you said/he said "My old man had a saying: 'Cheap at half the price!'. " > BUT I suspect that you mean he might have said Cheap at Twice the Price when > he meant a bargain. Dear at Half the Price is said too for when it ISN'T a > bargain.. > I can remember when I was doing tech work at a radio station and the > Blurb-writer and Production team made an advert for a client where they did > say "Cheap at half the price" and were trying to be making the point how > cheap the product/service was. They actually needed to say the other version > to make their point. I got sworn at and told to stick to my own job. It went > to air. The sponsor cracked a fruity! > There is a similar pair of sayings on another topic but it escapes my memory > right now. > > Maybe I should be selling my Systron Donner clock. > > John K > Australia. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Andrews" <judge2...@gmail.com> > To: <neonixie-l@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2017 9:41 PM > Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Four NL-8091 on ebay > > >> Heh. I swear the 'Make an offer' button wasn't there when I first saw >> this. But then there were only four up for sale then too. >> >> Even at half price, these are too rich for my blood - bearing in mind >> this is the price for a single tube! >> >> My old man had a saying: 'Cheap at half the price!'. Well, not in this >> case (for me, if you have the disposable income for these, or can see >> an investment opportunity, go for it). >> >>> On Jun 8, 2017, at 7:48 AM, Alic <al...@gmx.net> wrote: >>> >>> Don't hesitate to make an offer, since the option is available ;-) >>> I think the price is meant to be "up to". >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/neonixie-l/wvyPsST2Hjo/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/7c78684f-334d-430c-b808-403315acce00%40googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "neonixie-l" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/6280018595993504223%40unknownmsgid. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/neonixie-l/wvyPsST2Hjo/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/A8C27544DF3048349C21E85E4E89449A%40compunet4f9da9. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/46EA6485-7A04-4551-80BD-7101DD4B62E4%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
