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The now-legendary tendency of the American military -- usually personified as [[The Pentagon]] -- to pay outrageously inflated prices for things that would be inexpensive for the average consumer, on the grounds that they were being provided by "the lowest bidder" and thus [[Blatant Lies|no cheaper price was available.]] As Christopher Cerf and Henry Beard put it in the subtitle for their book ''The Pentagon Catalog'', they are "ordinary products at extraordinary prices". |
The now-legendary tendency of the American military -- usually personified as [[The Pentagon]] -- to pay outrageously inflated prices for things that would be inexpensive for the average consumer, on the grounds that they were being provided by "the lowest bidder" and thus [[Blatant Lies|no cheaper price was available.]] As Christopher Cerf and Henry Beard put it in the subtitle for their book ''The Pentagon Catalog'', they are "ordinary products at extraordinary prices". |
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== [[Advertising]] == |
== [[Advertising]] == |
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* Just before the first IKEA stores opened in the U.S., IKEA staged a teaser advertising blitz on roadside billboards. One billboard sported the tagline "More economical than this" above a picture of a wrench on which were stamped the words, "PROPERTY OF THE PENTAGON". |
* Just before the first IKEA stores opened in the U.S., IKEA staged a teaser advertising blitz on roadside billboards. One billboard sported the tagline "More economical than this" above a picture of a wrench on which were stamped the words, "PROPERTY OF THE PENTAGON". |
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''To the Bing Bang to the Pentagon |
''To the Bing Bang to the Pentagon |
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''Yes you sell them nails and they'll make you a millionaire}} |
''Yes you sell them nails and they'll make you a millionaire}} |
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* This is a trope born from real life. Here are a couple news stories from the mid-1980s when this first came to the attention of the general public: |
* This is a trope born from real life. Here are a couple news stories from the mid-1980s when this first came to the attention of the general public: |
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