# "Cheap at \_\_\_\_\_ the price"
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-at-_____-the-price/656707
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 25, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-at-_____-the-price/656707 "2013-04-25T21:22:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-at-_____-the-price/656707/1 "2013-04-25T21:22:01Z")
Which is it, “half” or “twice”?
I say “half” makes no sense at all. Virtually everything is cheap at half the price. Something that’s cheap at twice the price is damn cheap and rare.
(Well, this was supposed to be a poll)
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### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-at-_____-the-price/656707/2 "2013-04-25T21:26:41Z")
MODS: Please close this thread. I did a new one in IMHO, with a poll. Thanks.
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### Author:  [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-at-_____-the-price/656707/3 "2013-04-25T21:27:16Z")
Must be twice, cuz there’s twice as many of these threads as there should be.