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Monsters

This guest post was written by Jason, the proprietor of Live Real, Now, a blog focused on spending–and saving–in the real world. It was written for a blog swap run by the Yakezie personal finance blog network to answer the question “What motivates you to be financially responsible?”

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Grocery Store Aisle 2

Anchoring and other Marketing Techniques Designed to Take Your Money

Have you ever wondered why you walk into a store and no products have an even dollar cost? Candy costs .99 cents. A shirt costs 9.99. A TV costs 379.99. Have you ever wondered why Target puts “low price” markers on items that are not for sale? How about the signs that tell you how much you are “saving” when you spend money on a product?

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