For instance, if the expected sale price of John Doe's house in the example above was not $ 150, 000 in three years, but $ 130, 000 in three years or $ 150, 000 in five years, then on the above assumptions buying the house would actually cause John to lose money in present-value terms ( about $ 3, 000 in the first case, and about $ 8, 000 in the second ).

Ehrlich and his colleagues ( including John Holdren, later an advisor to President Barack Obama for Science and Technology ) picked five metals that they thought would undergo big price increases: chromium, copper, nickel, tin, and tungsten.

The fall in price among the five metals over the time-course of the wager can be attributed to the principle of substitution and the dynamic influence of technology with respect to commodity prices.

Julian Simon won because the price of three of the five metals went down in nominal terms and all five of the metals fell in price in inflation-adjusted terms, with both tin and tungsten falling by more than half.

The prices of all five metals increased between 1950 and 1975, but Ehrlich believes three of the five went down during the 1980s because of the price of oil doubling in 1979, and because of a world-wide recession in the early 1980s.

Assume that by a uniform pricing system the monopolist would sell five units at a price of $ 10 per unit.

While that was about twice the petroleum fuel cost in 2010, it is expected to be much less than the market price in less than five years if recent trends continue.

Pepsi encouraged price-watching consumers to switch, obliquely referring to the Coca-Cola standard of 6. 5 ounces per bottle for the price of five cents ( a nickel ), instead of the 12 ounces Pepsi sold at the same price.

In a Jewish tradition, still continuing today, on the first birth-day of a first-born son, the parents pay the price of five pure-silver coins to a Kohen ( priest ).

According to a 2005 World Bank report, the " private airline business in Somalia is now thriving with more than five carriers and price wars between the companies.

On May 22 Jefferson made his last entry in the ' Farm Book ', noting the price of lamp oil at a dollar twenty five cents a gallon and the cost of lighting his estate for the last month.

In 1940, a national milk scheme was launched which provided a pint of milk at about half price for all children under the age of five, and for expectant or nursing mothers.

Clad woks can cost five to ten times the price of a traditional carbon steel or cast-iron wok, yet cook no better ; for this reason they are not used in most professional restaurant kitchens.

The price, however, was high -- five seats in cabinet ( out of 11 ), including the Treasurer's post and the number-two position in the ministry for Page.

The price was also dropped to five cents, making the magazines more accessible to children.

By the turn of the century, new high-speed printing techniques combined with the cheaper pulp paper allowed him to drop the price from twenty five cents to ten cents, and the magazine really took off.

Conveniently, the politicians offered to buy back the newspaper for five times the price Riis had paid ; he was thus able to arrive in Denmark with a substantial amount of money.

In 2003, Honduran garment factory workers were paid US $ 0. 24 for each $ 50 Sean John sweatshirt, $ 0. 15 for each long-sleeved t-shirt, and only five cents for each short-sleeved shirt – less than one-half of one percent of the retail price.

, the average price of homes is over £ 750, 000 on 14 streets in the area and above £ 1. 5 million on five further streets.

To buy a seat in advance, it is necessary to have bought tickets for at least five other Proms in the season to have a chance of getting a Last Night ticket, and either an advance booking must include those five concerts, plus an application for a Last Night ticket, or the ticket stubs must be presented at the box office when purchasing a Last Night ticket for that season ; tickets can only be purchased in an equivalent ( or lower ) price band to that for the previous tickets.

Sales of transistors in 1960 exceeded $300 million, compared to $222 million in 1959 despite substantial price reductions in virtually all types.

The highest price ever paid for a Warhol painting is US $ 100 million for a 1963 canvas titled Eight Elvises.

The Atlanta Falcons franchise began on June 30, 1965 when NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle granted ownership to 41 year-old Rankin Smith Sr .. Smith an Executive Vice President of Life Insurance Company of Georgia at the time, paid $ 8. 5 million the highest price in NFL history at the time 1965 for an NFL franchise.

The acquiring price was US $ 1. 75 billion or £ 935 million, with US $ 170 million of debt.

On May 7, 2008, Borland announced the sale of CodeGear division to Embarcadero Technologies for an expected $ 23 million price and $ 7 million in CodeGear accounts receivables retained by Borland.

Although the contract called for the purchase of 12 Kfirs and an option to purchase an additional 12, Ecuador acquired only the original group, at a price estimated at US $ 196 million.

" Today, the average price of a home in Sydney is closer to half a million dollars rather than $ 189 million.

The sales of Margaret Mitchell's novel in the summer of 1936, at the virtually unprecedented price of three dollars, reached about one million by the end of December.

On November 8, 1990, Hearst Corporation acquired the remaining 20 % stake of ESPN Inc. from RJR Nabisco for a price estimated between $ 165 million and $ 175 million.

It was also revealed that the price tag of the Hummer brand was $ 150 million.

His top auction price was $ 20. 8 million which was set by his 1915 still life titled, Livre, pipe et verres, until Christie's Imp / Mod sale in November 2010, when " Violon et guitare " sold for $ 28. 6 million.

* On December 6 2010, a copy of Birds of America was sold at a Sotheby's auction for $ 11. 5 million, a record price for a single printed book.

By comparison, in 2008 Koenigsegg with its staff of 45 produced 18 cars at an average price of US $ 1 million each ; Saab employed 3, 400 workers and made more than 93, 000 cars.

Four battleships of the Helgoland class were laid down in 1909 – 1910, with displacements of 22, 800 tons, twelve 30. 5 cm guns in 6 turrets, reciprocating engines generating a maximum speed of 21 knots, and a price tag of 46 million GM.

On August 9, 1995, Whitacre was terminated for conducting a $ 9. 5 million fraud after ADM learned that he was an FBI informant for three years, where Whitacre wore a wire for the FBI assisting in one of the largest price fixing cases in U. S. history against ADM.

On June 30, 1998, MIPS held an IPO after raising about $ 16. 3 million with an offering price of $ 14 dollars a share.

Garçon à la pipe sold for US $ 104 million at Sotheby's on 4 May 2004, establishing a new price record.

The SelectaVision videodisc system, not to be confused with the same trademark that RCA applied to its VCRs, never developed the manufacturing volumes to substantially bring down its price, could not compete against cheaper, recordable videotape technology, and was abandoned in 1985 for a write-off of several hundred million dollars.

The quoted price was $ 840 million, with $ 825 million held in a mortgage.

As of July 2011, Oracle's list price for commercial Berkeley DB licenses varies between 900 and 13, 800 USD per processor.

The price of a new bicycle can range from US $ 50 to more than US $ 20, 000 ( the highest priced bike in the world is the custom Madone by Damien Hirst, sold at $ 500, 000 USD ), depending on quality, type and weight ( the most exotic road bicycles can weigh as little as 3. 2 kg ( 7 lb )).

In 2011, the asking / selling price of a near-impeccable ten-barrel Model 1883 Colt Gatling Gun in perfect working order, with carriage and 105 round cartridge, was over $ 300, 000 USD.

Several dealers across North America resultingly took advantage of this high demand and dramatically increased the markup on the vehicle ; some asked for as much as USD $ 17, 000 retail price.

The retail price of the game was set at 1200 Microsoft Points, or $ 15 USD.

In this environment, cable TV companies appeared and thrived, providing 15-20 foreign channels for a very low price ( at the time 2 USD or less ), some with Romanian translation, offering high quality news, entertainment and especially movies or cartoons ( one of the ways cable companies advertised was the availability of a cartoon channel, Cartoon Network, appealing to children, which in turn would appeal to their parents ).

At an August 1, 2012 price of about $ 27. 50 USD per troy ounce, silver is about 1 / 58th the price of gold.

The price tag for the Cyclops array was $ 10 billion USD.

The launch price was $ 150 USD and £ 145 GBP.

Extensive use of third-party parts ( which finally allowed UAZ to replace its notorious transmission with a better, Korean-manufactured one ), large capacity, good off-road capabilities and affordable price (< 15, 000 USD ) predict good sales in Russia.

The price tag for construction was $ 44 million ( 1962 USD ) and was to head for, accessing the Somerset Freeway, Interstate 287 and Route 28 before terminating at US 22.

At the time, only the ICON met the GEMS requirements, which cut its purchase price from around $ 2500 to a mere $ 495 ($ 2700 /$ 696 USD ) -- less expensive than most existing microcomputers.

In 1984 its list price was USD 499 although it was often sold for less than the manufacturer's suggested price.

After the release of the WonderSwan Color, Bandai took approximately 8 % of the market share in Japan partly due to its low price of ¥ 6800 Japanese yen ( approximately $ 59 USD ).

For instance, if the spot price for USD / JPY is 120, and the forward price one year hence is 110, then a call struck at 110 is ATMF but not ATM.

The new toll bridge was constructed in 1953 for $ 4 million ( 1953 USD, equal to $ today ), but the toll was only one quarter ( equal to $ today ), like the former price of the Darlington's Bridge.

The base price of this version was to have been USD $ 80, 000.

The base price of the car was USD $ 220, 000.

In Kuwait, this model was only available in black ( due to market size ); the price was approximately KWD 6, 000 ( approximately $ 22, 000 USD ).

The Canon Cat was a task-dedicated, desktop computer released by Canon Inc. in 1987 at a price of $ 1495 USD.

The record price paid for a single white truffle was set in December 2007, when Macau casino owner Stanley Ho paid 330, 000 USD (£ 165, 000 ) for a specimen weighing, discovered by Luciano Savini and his dog Rocco.