Rip-Offs and Techniques Stores Use

Have you ever spread mayonnaise, peanut butter or squeezed out condiments on a container? Have you ever noticed that sometimes at end of the bottle there is a huge gap? I have seen the same thing on those pepper jars that you turn to put on food as well. This is one of the many techniques stores use to make it seem like you get a "bang-for-your-buck"
  Another thing stores use is smell. It may seem surprising. Have you ever walked into Old Navy and noticed that rubbery-sort of- fruity smell? Well, I don't know how they generate this smell but they use that and the bright lights to make you hurry up and buy things because your body cannot tolerate the smell anymore. In some cases, it's the opposite. When you go into Abercrombie and Fitch, the lights are at such a dark tint you cannot even see some of the dresses or clothes you plan on buying. Not to mention how they spray the whole store with their perfume and cologne and who could forget the blaring music?
 In some cases, companies use the 5 cents of this product will be donated to Cancer Research. Do we really know it will be? And say the product was 5 bucks, only 5 cents of that will be given. The company gets the remainder, $4.95. Maybe it's time for companies to kick it up a knotch. Companies also use the "healthy" promotion. They use the American Heart Association, with the small print that reads 4 grams of fiber or 4 grams less sugar or something like that.

Next time you're out and about be sure to compare different brands for the best buy. And also make sure if you buy a product that says it will donate to Cancer, be sure to see how much it donates and deduct that from the price of the product.