“I don't have time to haggle with someone over the price of a piece of furniture!”

You just moved to a new apartment and need to get a new desk. Your friend suggests that you try to buy a used one through the Internet. You'd rather buy a new one because it's easier. You say:

I don't have time to haggle with someone over the price of a piece of furniture!

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“Even an extremely modestly priced home in this area costs 150K at the bare minimum.”

You and a friend are talking about why you've decided to rent a house instead of buying one. You explain:

Even an extremely modestly priced home in this area costs 150K at the bare minimum.

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“People generally assume that more expensive products are of higher quality, but that's not necessarily the case.”

You're commenting on an Internet forum about fashion. Someone has written that "You get what you pay for". You disagree. You don't think that more expensive shoes are always better, so you write:

People generally assume that more expensive products are of higher quality, but that's not necessarily the case.

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“That's as low as I'm willing to go.”

You're trying to sell your motorcycle. You're negotiating with someone who might buy it. You've offered to sell it to them for $7,500, but they're asking for a lower price. You don't want to sell it for less than that amount, so you say:

That's as low as I'm willing to go.

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