41. But with consumer confidence so high, jewelry experts predicted, shoppers will still plunk down gold cards for pearls. 42. Who wouldn't plunk down a couple of bucks just for the chance to win a pipe cleaner flower? 43. Sure, plunk down that stash on feet that will grow out of the Moon Shoes in six months. 44. Plunk down on the beach near the jetty to the north side of the Oak Bluffs Harbor channel.45. Marilyn Hankins plunks down on her floral print couch and sets her water bottle on the coffee table. 46. Marketers usually plunk down the equivalent of $ 40, 000 or so in cash, goods or services for placement. 47. Insurance policies represent a relatively small chunk of change we plunk down to hedge against much larger negative contingencies. 48. They walk into a showroom, plunk down their platinum credit cards and a few minutes later they are bikers. 49. And by the way, where did he get $ 1 . 24 billion to plunk down for the stock? 50. He said CMGI and Compaq will plunk down $ 50 million each marketing AltaVista over the next three years.