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Gotcha Capitalism: How Hidden Fees Rip You Off Every Day-and What You Can Do About It
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Bob Sullivan
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Publication date
December 26, 2007
Pages
345
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780345496133
ISBN-10
0345496132
Dimensions
0.75 by 4.75 by 7.75 in.
Weight
0.60 lbs.
Original list price
$14.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A study of the hidden costs of doing business offers an eye-opening expos$ of the diverse ways in which consumers are cheated by big business and shares a series of simple but effective tactics for fighting back, eliminating fees, and getting one's money back. Original. 30,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: What is Gotcha Capitalism?
Coughing up $4 fees for ATM transactions. Iron-clad cell phone contracts you canât get out of with a crowbar. Paying big bucks for insurance you donât need on a rental car or forking over $20 a day for supposedly âfreeâ wireless internet. Every day we use banks, cell phones, and credit cards. Every day we book hotels and airline tickets. And every day we get ripped off.
How? Here are just a few examples of how big business can get you:
⢠You didnât fill up the rental car with gas?
Gotcha! Gas costs $7 a gallon here.
⢠Your bank balance fell to $999.99 for one day?
Gotcha! Thatâll be $12.
⢠You miss one payment on that 18-month same-as-cash loan?
Gotcha! Thatâll be $512 extra.
⢠Youâre one day late on that electric bill?
Gotcha! All your credit cards now have a 29.99% interest rate.
But not for much longer. In Gotcha Capitalism, MSNBC.comâs âRed Tape Chroniclesâ columnist Bob Sullivan exposes the ways weâre all cheated by big business, and teaches us how to get our money backâproven strategies that can help you save more than $1,000 a year.
Coughing up $4 fees for ATM transactions. Iron-clad cell phone contracts you canât get out of with a crowbar. Paying big bucks for insurance you donât need on a rental car or forking over $20 a day for supposedly âfreeâ wireless internet. Every day we use banks, cell phones, and credit cards. Every day we book hotels and airline tickets. And every day we get ripped off.
How? Here are just a few examples of how big business can get you:
⢠You didnât fill up the rental car with gas?
Gotcha! Gas costs $7 a gallon here.
⢠Your bank balance fell to $999.99 for one day?
Gotcha! Thatâll be $12.
⢠You miss one payment on that 18-month same-as-cash loan?
Gotcha! Thatâll be $512 extra.
⢠Youâre one day late on that electric bill?
Gotcha! All your credit cards now have a 29.99% interest rate.
But not for much longer. In Gotcha Capitalism, MSNBC.comâs âRed Tape Chroniclesâ columnist Bob Sullivan exposes the ways weâre all cheated by big business, and teaches us how to get our money backâproven strategies that can help you save more than $1,000 a year.
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from Ballantine Books (December 26, 2007)
9780345496133 | details & prices | 345 pages | 4.75 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $14.95
About: A study of the hidden costs of doing business offers an eye-opening exposé of the diverse ways in which consumers are cheated by big business and shares a series of simple but effective tactics for fighting back, eliminating fees, and getting one's money back.
About: A study of the hidden costs of doing business offers an eye-opening exposé of the diverse ways in which consumers are cheated by big business and shares a series of simple but effective tactics for fighting back, eliminating fees, and getting one's money back.
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