At our destination I pay five times what he asks.

"I paid them three or four times the going rate," he said.

That's why they pay six times as much for it.

"I would pay such a price a hundred times over," Ben said.

You will have to pay three times as much for it this time next year.

I've more than enough money to pay it a hundred times over.

"Take along paperwork that shows how many times they've paid you," he said.

"You have to ask for it specifically, and pay four times as much," he said.

They have heard the words "I want to pay them personally" too many times before.

According to state estimates, California paid $7 billion for electricity in 1999, and may pay 10 times that amount this year.