Festive season sales could be a trap: Here's how to find out

By 

Devansh Sharma

Beware, the festive season could be the perfect time for marketers to trap you. When you are in a fun mood and willing to spend, you are also most vulnerable to businesses who want rapid sale of their goods. 

As the festive season begins, you loosen your purse strings and go on a shopping spree as everything you want and don't want are available at 'unbelievable' prices-from electronics to automobiles to home furnishing… the list is endless. You find it difficult to resist the urge to buy the products you like, run out of money and 'conveniently' admit that we are 'shopaholics'. 

However, this may not be true. Maybe you're not a shopaholic after all, but have succumbed to the influence of carefully crafted marketing and advertising campaigns. 

Watch out for these tricks if you do not want to overspend this festive season: 

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