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Author Sullivan, Bob, 1968-

Title Gotcha capitalism : how hidden fees rip you off every day, and what you can do about it / Bob Sullivan.

Imprint New York : Ballantine Books, c2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  381.534 Su53g 2007    ---  Available
Description xiv, 345 p. ; 21 cm.
Summary Fees for ATM transactions. Cell phone contracts you can't get out of with a crowbar. Big bucks for insurance you don't need on a rental car or for supposedly "free" 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. You didn't fill up that rental car with gas? Gotcha! Gas costs $7 a gallon here. You're one day late on that electric bill? Gotcha! All your credit cards now have a 29.99% interest rate. MSNBC columnist Bob Sullivan exposes the ways we're all cheated by big business, and teaches us how to get our money back--proven strategies that can help you save more than $1,000 a year.--From publisher description.
Contents 1 The World of Gotcha Capitalism -- 2 Sneaky Fees in Everything -- 3 Toolkit.
Subject Fraud -- United States.
Consumer protection -- United States.
ISBN 9780345496133 (pbk.)
0345496132 (pbk.)

 
    
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