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Beware these 7 tricks used during sales

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BLACK Friday and Cyber Monday are just around the corner, not to mention all the supposedly special prices for early Christmas shopping. We’re constantly bombarded with flash sales and seemingly unbeatable prices via email, SMS and on social media. Here are seven tricks retailers use to try to get you to overspend.

1 LIMITED STOCK

This type of marketing is often used to kickstart sales. Announcing that something is scarce and

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