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# How to Avoid Shopping Traps

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_Published 2016-03-14. Tricks and tips on how to save money and not cave to temptation when you shop._


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## Transcript

[ MUSIC ] I certainly have a lot of friends who love shopping and you are suppose to know your enemy. What are some tricks that marketers and stores use to get you to buy more when you're shopping. There so many. The moment that you walk in through that store. It's full of traps to the consumer. They have Very carefully placed everything in there to get you to maximize your spending. From those little bins at checkout where you're like, ooh I'm just waiting in line let me check this out, and then you pick it up and buy it. To the smell and the environment and the music, it's all there to help you open your wallet which may not be helping you really.

Right, faster Using kind of homey smells. Exactly. I've read a study that if you touch an object, you'll actually pay more for it. Right, it's all about that sensory experience because that really entices you to buy. So when you're actually shopping in a store, how do you go in In with the plaids. Well knowing what you need is always a really good way to stay grounded. Make a list. Making a list. And the other thing is to remember that that retail seduction is happening, just to be mindful of it in and of itself will make you more aware of your spending. So one thing I like to do is when I walk into let's say Anthropologie where everything is so beautiful and I just want it all, I think Would I want this $ 10 coaster if it was sitting in a bin at Goodwill?

Probably not. That's a good trick. Yeah, it's really useful. I'm gonna use that. Yeah. [ LAUGH ] [ MUSIC ]

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