Category Archives: Consumer Manipulation

Consumer manipulation is used to sustain consumerism in businesses.

Car sellers.. and car salesmen.

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One of my great joys in life is buying cars. That may sound odd, since most people don’t like the car buying experience all that much. But I’ve always enjoyed it because you get to see some basic manipulation techniques … Continue reading

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Fair food.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, the French gourmet and lawyer, famously said in 1825 “tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.”  In his days, that would have been relatively easy – people ate poultry, vegetables from … Continue reading

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Manipulation or Good Marketing?

Vitamin Water. Good Marketing or Manipulation?

The survey says:  Manipulation or Good Marketing? Marhalt is on the road, so, without further ado, let’s welcome one of our guest bloggers – he’s one of the country’s leading experts on marketing, which is a close cousin to many … Continue reading

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The root of all Manipulation – Part 1

Men at Arms Scene

I know a lot of proverbs about money. My favorite is probably the Russian proverb that states, loosely translated, that “When money speaks, the truth remains silent”, which I’ve always liked. But perhaps the best observation about money that I’ve … Continue reading

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Feeding (and manipulating) the masses, part 1

Milk Manufacturers Manipulation

Feeding (and manipulating) the masses, part 1 Some of the manipulation we’ve talked about in the past has been fairly innocuous – a larger nozzle for soap, or a manipulation of yellow light that switches faster than expected to catch … Continue reading

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How it all began…

Retail Manipulations through divisions

So I thought I would share with you all the incident that got me started thinking about consumer manipulation, many years ago… I will change some details, but I will keep the core of the story intact. At the time, … Continue reading

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