We are on a pre sale agreement and could not purchase insurance till closing.
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However, there is also a psychological reason why pre-sale estimates and post-sale prices are calculated differently: a pre-sale estimate that is quoted net of costs is lower, which helps attract potential bidders.
To get a real picture of a sale, you need to compare like for like, counting both pre-sale estimates and post-sale prices as being net of costs.
The pre-sale estimate for "Waterloo Bridge" was set at an enticing level to attract bidders.
They are simply too slow and do not allow sellers to provide potential buyers real-time pre-sale value (information).
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Staging pre-sale exhibitions is expensive, and snobbish resistance to commercial attitudes lingers at an institution that prides itself on tradition.
Bypassing traditional distribution means, including eRetailers such as Amazon, allows OR Books to have products up almost overnight for pre-sale.
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The Xperia ZL is now available online for pre-sale at Sony Store and will soon be available through other select online retailers.
One solution is for manufacturers to distribute their goods only to authorised dealers that agree to provide pre-sale service, as Sony does.
On the bigger pre-sale improvement projects, real estate pros tend to have a fairly uniform view: They're rarely worth the money and effort.
Muhyiddin Razack, a property analyst at brokerage HG Asia in Singapore, says about 20% of apartments bought at pre-sale launches end up with speculators.
Although only 72% of the 39 lots had been bought, 90% of those sold went for within or above their pre-sale estimates, Mr Norman added.
Auction executives are in a difficult position when setting pre-sale estimates.
Leading the way were five fancy colored diamonds, one white diamond and an emerald all exceeding the million-dollar mark with four items smashing top pre-sale estimates.
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Its pre-sale estimate is quoted net of buyers' premium, VAT, the artist's resale tax (or droit de suite, as it is usually known), and any other extra cost.
Even before the U.S. launch, the 3DS is off to the most promising start of any game system in at least a decade, according to pre-sale observations from Amazon.com.
Benefits vary by status level, but include early entrance to the arena, exclusive ticket window and concession lines, pre-sale ticket priority, on-court photos with the team and many more such perks.
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The "professional diligence" test under the CPRs mean that buyers can reasonably expect traders to carry out pre-sale checks in relation to the history, mileage and mechanical condition of the car.
Sotheby's said it was the first time since May 2006, when art markets were flourishing, that one of its Impressionist sales exceeded the high pre-sale estimate - in this case by almost 10%.
On Tuesday the group began selling the first 100 vinyl copies of its forthcoming second self-titled album as a special pre-sale deal fans could name their own price for a physical version of the record.
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Having announced the pre-sale of its PlayBook tablet on Tuesday, the company is putting its chips on international smartphone users and its audience-specific tablet to reverse the loss of market share it has been suffering at the expense of Apple iPhones and Google fueled Android devices.
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Nordstrom credit card holders get exclusive early access and the ability to pre-order sale items.
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It had already been on sale and was widely pre-ordered by golf enthusiasts who wanted to improve their game.
The Kindle Fire, he noted in an interview, had just gone on sale (following a pre-order phase) at the time the survey was conducted.
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And for those concerned that selling pre-owned games could cannibalize sale of new ones, I want to highlight another key benefit of the used-game business: higher profit margins.
Its 31% increase in net income in the fourth quarter resulted primarily from higher operating profit, a pre-tax gain for the sale of its 18% ownership in the Game Show Network, and a lower effective tax rate.
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By effecting the sale through a "pre-pack" - or fully pre-arranged - administration, JJB will be able to write off any of its debts that the buyer is unwilling to assume, and that cannot be repaid from the sale proceeds.
The SEC will be hosting a roundtable discussion on Sept. 30 to discuss securities lending, pre-borrowing and possible additional short sale disclosures.
The band eventually set aside 100 vinyl copies which is a fifth of the number of records the group initially pressed and packaged them with a DVD of music videos for the pre-order deal, which went on sale through Bandcamp early Tuesday afternoon.
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