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Smartphones Are a Scam (Yes, All of Them)
Expensive smartphones have become a new normal. So why do we keep buying them?
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More Is More
Deborah Cohen reviews “Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First” by Frank Trentmann.
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So Volkswagen’s Betrayal Broke Your Heart
Since the news broke earlier this week that Volkswagen's "clean diesel" cars were perhaps anything but, a certain type of word keeps appearing in consumers' reaction to the scandal: People feel cheated, heartbroken, betrayed. If this language sounds like the things a jilted lover would say after the discovery of an affair, some consumer psychologists would argue that's no coincidence.
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Why It's Impossible To Shop Ethically
"We are not going to shop ourselves into a better world"
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Don't Be Shocked When Lowe's Won't Sell You A $2,999 Fridge Mistakenly Priced At $298
No matter how many times we remind everyone that stores are generally under no legal obligation to honor a pricing mistake, some folks still seem to think that a retailer must make good — and lose hundreds, possibly thousands, of dollars — on something as obvious as a decimal error. The latest story comes out of the Jacksonville, FL, area, where a couple spotted a fridge being sold at Lowe’s for 90% off its $2,999 original price.
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