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Beware the "Great" Deals

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Eric Jorgensen
Aug 19, 2019
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I have to hand it to the cell phone companies and cable providers - they are masters at getting us (consumers) to spend more than we want. I'm talking specifically about their ability to up-sell us, we buy services we may not need/want but don't turn down for fear of missing a fantastic opportunity to "save money".

Here are two examples, one for cell pho…

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