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15 ways stores trick you into spending
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4-27-2007 8:14 PM
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rko2007
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Now I know why I always fall into the traps!!!
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5abc88ae-e9e0-4244-be53-1dd635e4f62f/3FF162E2-F464-4470-A083-C97E5DA13D61/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/FindDealsOnline/15WaysStoresTrickYouIntoSpending.aspx?page=all" href="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/FindDealsOnline/15WaysStoresTrickYouIntoSpending.aspx?page=all" style="font-size: 11px;">articles.moneycentral.msn.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/FindDealsOnline/15WaysStoresTrickYouIntoSpending.aspx?page=all"><H1>15 ways stores trick you into spending</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/FindDealsOnline/15WaysStoresTrickYouIntoSpending.aspx?page=all"><P>Don't succumb to retailers' simple ploys. Here's how they get you to buy -- and 10 ways to fight back.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/FindDealsOnline/15WaysStoresTrickYouIntoSpending.aspx?page=all"><CITE> By <A href="http://www.thesimpledollar.com">The Simple Dollar</A></CITE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/FindDealsOnline/15WaysStoresTrickYouIntoSpending.aspx?page=all"><P>Ever notice how you can go to a store to pick up just one thing and then, by the time you get to the check stand, you have five or six things in your cart and a bigger bill than you had anticipated? </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/FindDealsOnline/15WaysStoresTrickYouIntoSpending.aspx?page=all"><P>This happens over and over because department stores use an array of techniques (grocery stores use many of the same tactics) to get you to pick up these items. By itself, each technique isn't very strong -- it's the use of them in combination that is powerful.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/FindDealsOnline/15WaysStoresTrickYouIntoSpending.aspx?page=all"><P>Here's a list of 15 of the best tricks. After the list, watch for 10 ways to combat these techniques so you can get in and out of stores with your finances intact.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/FindDealsOnline/15WaysStoresTrickYouIntoSpending.aspx?page=all"><STRONG>1. Shopping carts.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/FindDealsOnline/15WaysStoresTrickYouIntoSpending.aspx?page=all"><STRONG>2. Desirable departments are far away from the entrance.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/FindDealsOnline/15WaysStoresTrickYouIntoSpending.aspx?page=all"><STRONG>3. The toy section is far, far, far away from the entrance.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/FindDealsOnline/15WaysStoresTrickYouIntoSpending.aspx?page=all"><STRONG>4. Impulse-oriented items are near the checkouts.</STRONG></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3FF162E2-F464-4470-A083-C97E5DA13D61/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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