Are You Using Discounts or Are Discounts Using you?

Rethinking our attitude towards shopping

Mari Teresienė
Nov 7 · 5 min read
Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash

I am sure you have encountered some of these subtle shopping traps.

Case 1
Purchasing a lip scrub so you could get the 3-for 2 discounts. You were sure you were going to use it but you did not.

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