Your brain on sales -- Couponmania -- Purchase history -- How the other half saves -- Let's make a deal or you'll never pay retail again -- Discountphobia : the mainstays of never marking down -- The world on sale : bargaining at the bazaar and other stories -- The future of bargain fever.
Summary:
A spirited investigation into the world of bargain hunting and how shoppers and sellers try to one-up each other -- from the haggling bazaars of Istanbul to Black Friday at a mall in upstate New York to pinnacles of global luxury such as Hermes and Louis Vuitton.
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