A fumingly-sarcastic reference to a shamelessly "sneaky 'n' unethical" (and unfortunately very common!) "buy-pressure" strategy practiced at many hardware/specialty-supplies stores; the ploy consists of a staffperson's hacking off a length from a roll of bulk-product like rope, wire, hose, or cloth, and only **afterwards** informing the customer how much the product is priced per foot, hoping that said customer will then feel obligated to buy the piece "since it's already been cut off the roll".
I once had a totally pathetic "cost-cutting maneuver" tried on me at a bicycle-repair shop --- I needed a rear shift-cable, and so the clerk cut off my required length of cable from the store's bulk roll, without first telling me the super-steep per-foot price or asking me beforehand if I wanted to pay that much. It was only when he actually brought the "ringing up the sale" screen up on the computer that he revealed the astronomical amount that it was gonna cost me --- a whopping SEVEN DOLLARS AND CHANGE! --- for just three or four feet of the cable! Fortunately, I had the "bravery" to just look mildly shocked and hastily remark, "Eeeyewww... that's a lot more than I can afford --- thank you anyway, though. I'll just get one at WalMart instead." Hey, it wasn't MY fault if the salesman had created a harder-to-resell cut piece of cable --- I hadn't asked him to chop me off some of the cable yet, I'd just told him that I needed a replacement shifter-cable, so it wasn't my "responsibility" to now PAY for said cable! He should have told me beforehand how much it would cost per foot, and then asked me if I wanted to buy it before he'd actually hacked the length off the roll!
by QuacksO November 1, 2018
Get the cost-cutting maneuvermug. The cost of the gang war is the fact that any and all casualties and financial losses are validated and completely okay because the gang war must be won at all costs
by Gangleader November 22, 2022
Get the Cost of the Gang Warmug. The technical terminology for the contentious acquisition of goods or services accomplished at zero-cost to the acquirer, as known as theft.
Mr. Robinson acquired the paraphernalia of an urban pharmaceutical technician, colloquially known as a drug dealer, at prices of totalling zero. His one-sided zero-cost acquisition was successful until Jeremiah showed up to the door demanding payment.
by Rock your rockhard June 1, 2023
Get the One-sided Zero-cost Acquisitionmug. When an organization or a collection of organizations or people will go out of their way to avoid paying for another person or organisation's expenses. Including intervening in the law, labour contracts. Even going as far as placing people in positions where they have to sue for remediation but cant afford it with no recourse.
by Patrick01 October 22, 2025
Get the Creative cost avoidancemug. by Kurt Janoski November 19, 2022
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by Sudor5183 November 16, 2023
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