Stop Getting Ripped Off: Why Consumers Get Screwed, and How You Can Always Get a Fair Deal

Sullivan, Bob

ISBN 10: 034551159X / ISBN 13: 9780345511591

Editore: Ballantine Books, 2009

Codice articolo 034551159X-11-34457413

Riassunto:

The author of the best-selling Gotcha Capitalism explores the reasons behind unbalanced consumer experiences from educational shortfalls to ineffective government, counseling readers on how to obtain better deals from credit card, mortgage and other financial arenas. Original.

Informazioni sull?autore: Bob Sullivan has been a reporter for nearly two decades. For the past twelve years, he has covered computer crime and consumer affairs for MSNBC.com. Today his work appears on MSNBC.com's "Red Tape Chronicles" blog. He also appears regularly on MSNBC television, NBC Nightly News, the Today show, and various local NBC affiliates. He is the winner of the prestigious 2002 Society of Professional Journalist Public Service Award for a series of articles on online fraud. His first book, Your Evil Twin: Behind the Identity Theft Epidemic, investigated the root causes of credit card fraud and other identity-related crimes. His second book, Gotcha Capitalism, exposed the hidden fee economy that attacks family budgets. He lives in Maltby, Wash. with his golden retriever, Lucky.

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Titolo: Stop Getting Ripped Off: Why Consumers Get ...
Casa editrice: Ballantine Books
Data di pubblicazione: 2009
Legatura: paperback
Condizione: New