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Published by David McKay Company, Inc., 1965
ISBN 10: 1419347438ISBN 13: 9781419347436
Seller: Grants Books, Belding, MI, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. piffs" for switching customers from name brands to unknown ones worth far less than the asking price? Did you know that some manufacturers deliberately turn out cheap merchandise to provide discounters with hidden markups and phony high list prices?." (illustrator). 2nd Printing.The big bargain: this is the glittering promise held out by discounters. Each year they persuade millions of American shoppers to join the hunt for fantastic bargains. Famous brand names are advertised at incredibly low figures. Price tags sparkle with neatly crossed-off high prices. This seems proof that conventional retailers make excessive profits, that neighborhood merchants overcharge. But is this true? Have discounters really found a way to slash all prices drastically? In the first expose of discounting, Walter Henry Nelson reveals the gimmicks behind the fabulous facade. For every shopper who comes away with a genuine bargain, many more find they have bought shoddy or overpriced wares. For every item sold at less than list price, many more carry big markups, in some instances ranging higher than 200 percent. Discounters are in business to make money. Their profits are paid for by the consumer. Did you know that the famous brand-name products featured in some discounters' ads are often not obtainable in their stores? Did you know that some discount salesmen collect Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.
Published by Independently published, 2019
ISBN 10: 165367184XISBN 13: 9781653671847
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 210 pages. Spanish language. 9.00x6.00x0.53 inches. In Stock.
Publication Date: 1985
Seller: Masalai Press, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 188 p. 0.0.
Publication Date: 1985
Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very good. Octavo in white wrappers with b&w illustration of a man in a hat on the cover; 188 pages. In English. || Very scarce; Contents: 1. The Cosmic Universe Lives on the tip of an Acupuncture needle!; 2. Chemical Warfare has already begun with A.I.D.S.! (Chemical Mutation is the cause of A.I.D.S.); 3. The Pre-Socratic Philosophy as a pointer to the Spirit of Zen; 4. Paradise lost: Christianity and Democracy; 5. Spiritual Emptiness: the road to "Redemption"; as ground for Paradise regained!; 6. The most important neglected insight to the Martial Arts!; 7. The most personal miscellaneous sayings. Very good copy; wrappers are lightly edgeworn and lightly to moderately soiled with some scuffs and light stains; though pages are lightly bumped at the corners they are clean, bright and free of marks and creases; binding is tight.