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off the hook

Polish translation: towar eksponowany, towar z wystawy

14:22 Oct 26, 2015
English to Polish translations [PRO]
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
English term or phrase: off the hook
The goods are ok but the packaging is not as original, so we could offer this cheaper than others to our customers and ask tchem to sell it off the hook, on shop floor rather than bring brand new items from stock to customer.
Django
Poland
Local time: 02:31
Polish translation:towar eksponowany, towar z wystawy
Explanation:
ask them to sell it off the hook, on shop floor rather than bring brand new items from stock to customer - z podanego kontekstu

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Czy sprzedawca może odmówić sprzedaży produktu z wystawy oferując w zamian ten sam oryginalnie zapakowany z magazynu? - http://forumprawne.org/prawa-konsumenta/275130-odmowa-sprzed...
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2prosto z wieszaka
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
3 +2towar eksponowany, towar z wystawy
geopiet
Summary of reference entries provided
off the peg (UK); off the hook (AU)
George BuLah (X)

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
prosto z wieszaka


Explanation:
propozycja

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 20:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 283

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mike23: Yes. I like buying off the hook especially if I want to get me off the hook with buying clothes.
1 hr
  -> Dziękuję Michale.
agree  Joanna Carroll: We say off the peg over here :)
3 hrs
  -> You Say 'Tomato', I say 'Tomato' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ3fjQa5Hls
disagree  George BuLah (X): moim zdaniem - odpowiedź jest niepoprawna, zupełnie nie oddaje kontekstu; "prosto z wieszaka" dotyczy po polsku - sprzedaży odzieży używanej
17 hrs
agree  Dimitar Dimitrov
6 days
  -> Dziękuję Dimitarze. Miłego dnia.
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
towar eksponowany, towar z wystawy


Explanation:
ask them to sell it off the hook, on shop floor rather than bring brand new items from stock to customer - z podanego kontekstu

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Czy sprzedawca może odmówić sprzedaży produktu z wystawy oferując w zamian ten sam oryginalnie zapakowany z magazynu? - http://forumprawne.org/prawa-konsumenta/275130-odmowa-sprzed...

geopiet
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 131

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mike23
3 hrs
agree  George BuLah (X): tak, tu imo chodzi o obniżoną cenowo sprzedaż ubrań, które z dowolnych powodów nie były zapakowane lub - odpakowane - nie będą już nigdy ponownie zapakowane, tak jak inne ubrania z linii
4 hrs
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Reference comments


4 hrs
Reference: off the peg (UK); off the hook (AU)

Reference information:
Off-the-peg (hook) ​clothes are made and ​bought in ​standard ​sizes and not made ​especially to ​fit a ​particular ​person
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/off-the-p...
Gdzie tam jest o wieszaku?

poszukiwanie z frazą "z wieszaka" - najczęściej zwraca wyniki związane ze sprzedażą odzieży używanej

George BuLah (X)
Poland
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 22
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