Consumer Reports has an advertisement they’d like you to consider about the holiday shopping season. They say they’ve compiled the list of “top holiday-shopping annoyances”, which include: being pushed to sign-up for store credit cards; requests for personal info like you’re phone number and “being hounded with the extended warranty sales pitch.” Naturally, they’ve bought ad space in USA Today for Nov. 24.
Click continued for the full list of things that annoy Americans as they shop for the holidays.
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72% Stores that never open all of the checkout lanes
68% Fake “sales”. If something is always 20% off, it’s not on sale
67% Coupons that exclude almost everything in the store
62% Being endlessly hounded with the extended warranty sales pitch
58% Cashiers that ask for your phone number or other personal information
56% In-store prices that do not match the same company’s on-line prices
53% Employees required to up-sell you at the register
52% Pushing store credit cards at the register
50% Mail in rebates
48% Stores that require loyalty cards to get discounts
43% Stores that have a minimum purchase requirement for credit cards
26% Receipt checkers