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Scam-proof your life : 377 smart ways to protect you & your family from ripoffs, bogus deals & other consumer headaches, by Sid Kirchheimer
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The item Scam-proof your life : 377 smart ways to protect you & your family from ripoffs, bogus deals & other consumer headaches, by Sid Kirchheimer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Language
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- eng
- eng
- Extent
- 336 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
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- Cars: don't get taken for a ride -- Homes: defend your dream (mortgages, closing costs, strategies for buying & selling, home repairs & renovations) -- Credit cards: save paper on your plastic -- Telephone service: be a talking tightwad -- College: scholarships, essays that excel -- Travel: go more places for less -- Medical errors: survive a hospital stay, prevent procedure errors, avert medication mishaps, get more from doctors -- Health care ripoffs: hospital expenses, tests & procedures, medications, nursing homes & assisted living residences --
- Everyday protection: medication smarts, fighting germs at home & in public, food safety -- Identity theft: armor-plate your name & reputation -- Your rights at work: avoiding a layoff, get more when you say goodbye, fighting an unlawful dismissal, starting over -- Advance fee loans, ATM skimming, charity cheats, door-to-door deception, employment scams, financial account updates & alerts, foreign lotteries, gift grift, government cons, "kid" candy & magazine sales, Nigerian letter, pyramid schemes
- Isbn
- 9781402730412
- Label
- Scam-proof your life : 377 smart ways to protect you & your family from ripoffs, bogus deals & other consumer headaches
- Title
- Scam-proof your life
- Title remainder
- 377 smart ways to protect you & your family from ripoffs, bogus deals & other consumer headaches
- Statement of responsibility
- by Sid Kirchheimer
- Title variation
- Smart ways to protect you & your family from ripoffs, bogus deals & other consumer headaches
- Language
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- eng
- eng
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kirchheimer, Sid
- Dewey number
- 362.88
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HC79.C63
- LC item number
- K57 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Consumer protection
- Consumer education
- Finance, Personal
- Swindlers and swindling
- Fraud
- Label
- Scam-proof your life : 377 smart ways to protect you & your family from ripoffs, bogus deals & other consumer headaches, by Sid Kirchheimer
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Cars: don't get taken for a ride -- Homes: defend your dream (mortgages, closing costs, strategies for buying & selling, home repairs & renovations) -- Credit cards: save paper on your plastic -- Telephone service: be a talking tightwad -- College: scholarships, essays that excel -- Travel: go more places for less -- Medical errors: survive a hospital stay, prevent procedure errors, avert medication mishaps, get more from doctors -- Health care ripoffs: hospital expenses, tests & procedures, medications, nursing homes & assisted living residences --
- Everyday protection: medication smarts, fighting germs at home & in public, food safety -- Identity theft: armor-plate your name & reputation -- Your rights at work: avoiding a layoff, get more when you say goodbye, fighting an unlawful dismissal, starting over -- Advance fee loans, ATM skimming, charity cheats, door-to-door deception, employment scams, financial account updates & alerts, foreign lotteries, gift grift, government cons, "kid" candy & magazine sales, Nigerian letter, pyramid schemes
- Control code
- 608017
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 336 pages
- Isbn
- 9781402730412
- Lccn
- 2006042349
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 9781402730412
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9781402730412
- Label
- Scam-proof your life : 377 smart ways to protect you & your family from ripoffs, bogus deals & other consumer headaches, by Sid Kirchheimer
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Cars: don't get taken for a ride -- Homes: defend your dream (mortgages, closing costs, strategies for buying & selling, home repairs & renovations) -- Credit cards: save paper on your plastic -- Telephone service: be a talking tightwad -- College: scholarships, essays that excel -- Travel: go more places for less -- Medical errors: survive a hospital stay, prevent procedure errors, avert medication mishaps, get more from doctors -- Health care ripoffs: hospital expenses, tests & procedures, medications, nursing homes & assisted living residences --
- Everyday protection: medication smarts, fighting germs at home & in public, food safety -- Identity theft: armor-plate your name & reputation -- Your rights at work: avoiding a layoff, get more when you say goodbye, fighting an unlawful dismissal, starting over -- Advance fee loans, ATM skimming, charity cheats, door-to-door deception, employment scams, financial account updates & alerts, foreign lotteries, gift grift, government cons, "kid" candy & magazine sales, Nigerian letter, pyramid schemes
- Control code
- 608017
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 336 pages
- Isbn
- 9781402730412
- Lccn
- 2006042349
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 9781402730412
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9781402730412
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