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Holiday tech purchasing 'gotchas'
The holiday season accounts for a large percentage of the revenue for retailers and manufacturers and doing whatever it takes to make sales is the order of the day.
Gimmicks and confusing offers are very common this time of year and not understanding the details is what they count on!
In virtually every category of technology, the primary yardstick for most consumers is price and the retailers & manufacturers prey on those that only look at the price.
Listen in as the Data Doctors expose the most common retailing tricks that you will be confronted with this holiday season.
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Original Air Date: Nov 14, 2009
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