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A Radical Shopper's Adventures in Consumption
Running Press
April 2009
On Sale: March 30, 2009
224 pages
ISBN: 0762434392
EAN: 9780762434398
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Non-Fiction
Why does no one blink when they are charged three dollars
for a cup of coffee?
Why do grown men sleep on the street overnight to buy video
game systems? How do Dollar Stores cheerfully charge a dollar for a 25
cent pack of gum? What are the pitfalls of Brand Name Loyalty? And how do you get an entire car-full of pudding for
free? “Stand-up economist” Sam Pocker delves into these
hard-hitting questions—and the result is a fascinating,
wry, and amusing account of consumers’ non-sensical habits
and the stores that prey upon them. With a dash of vitriol
and a dose of sarcasm, Pocker exposes the sheer inanity of
marketing schemes, the plague of rude cashiers, and shows
how the “little guy” can rise up and beat the system by
outsmarting the stores with their overly-complicated rules
for rebates. Retail Anarchy is a satirical look at the self-
imposed consumer coma that America has fallen into—and Sam
Pocker’s mission is to wake readers up!
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