One of the most popular forms of trickery in the recent economic slump is slightly changing the size of a the product rather then keeping the size and raising the price. By doing this companies convince their customers that their not changing, the prices have not moved. Yet, in order to deal with the recession they shrink the product. You pay more for less yet unknowingly because the price has not moved. Customers are, in the end, spending more money for less product.
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Ooh--how tricky is that! What's a consumer to do.
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