asmok

Knowing all the tricks in how advertising works only helps you if you use your knowledge during your shop. If the person don't think before they buy, then no body can help them.  For that reason, we should thank those that buy on their impulses since those people helps the economy growing.

I agree with blueprint, poor people can still fall for the traps. It's only rational people that won't fall for traps.

The easiest way to prevent compulsive shopping is to walk away from the things you really like and go back to it later.  The more you look at it, the more reason you have to buy it.

Intelstan

Even though I studied some marketing before, I think I still fell into the double discount traps a few times.