If you have to ask, you can't afford it

Posted by Gary Martin March 29, 2007In reply to If you have to ask, you can't afford it posted by George Bavolak on March 29, 2007

If you have to ask, you can't afford it. Phrase- where does it come from?

It was said of Rolls-Royce cars - 'if you have to ask the price, you can't afford one'. I'm not sure if it was an RR slogan, or whether it was said by someone else. At the time this was coined, Rolls-Royce didn't advertise.