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Both involved what he called "a bad buy," one made by an informant.

Now it appears to be one of the worst buys on record.

However, a wet past doesn't necessarily make a used car a bad buy, either.

The worst buy in sports these days has got to be a 1993 baseball season-ticket.

For resale value, it'll be a bad buy because it's a custom house.

It's a new tax and a bad buy.

In fact, in real life, the good guys rarely shoot the bad buys.

If the price of allowances declines in future years, he said, the scrubber would look like a bad buy.

Although the indicator has never given a bad buy signal, there was one period when its performance was far from perfect.

All it takes is someone with technology and normative clarity, and bad buys will get their due.

Still, at $32 for two, not counting drinks, it wasn't a bad buy.

LEO: So any bad buy could listen in on your conversations.

It is his opinion that the baseball team was a bad buy on Bolen's part because they have no market or fan base.

The first one I bought was a bit cheap and cheerful, and worked sort of, but not well enough, so was a bad buy.

Because these policies are more profitable to insurers than other types of insurance, Consumers Union has called them the worst buy in the market.

In some states, regulations bar the bad buys; in New York, only 34 plans are acceptable.

"These bad buys actually rough you up?"

Obviously, many people do; it's a big seller and, at about $10, it's not a bad buy.

Wallace not a bad buy.

"They were a bad buy.

And your worst buy?

So are all consumer nondurables bad buys?

The Nomad bad bought a soberpill and spent a frantic quarter hour in a communication booth.

Cheap Bordeaux is a bad buy in Britain, so why should it be better in France?

He describes it as "the worst buy ever", saying he could have bought a "five-bedroom villa in Sardinia" for the same price.