12.19.23 Attention Shoppers: Caution With Dupes / Avoid Car Loan Rip-offs

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Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Many shoppers are into “dupes” - cheaper replicas of pricier products, especially clothing, cosmetics and accessories. So are they worth a try? A recent survey assesses quality vs savings on duplicate brands. Also today, Toyota was just fined for ripping customers off with car loans. But they’re not the only ones playing games in their finance offices. How to bypass this rip-off entirely. Cheaper Duplicates Of Pricey Brands: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Car Loan Rip-offs: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: 'Dupes' clothing, perfume craze lures holiday shoppers as major brands fret The Cheapest Places To Buy Contact Lenses The Best Places To Buy Eyeglasses Where To Get Cheap Eye Exams Toyota financing arm fined $60 million by consumer watchdog for car loan scam How to Buy a New Car in 5 Steps How to Buy a Used Car in 7 Steps / Best Used Car Websites in 2023 Fidelity Investments Review 2023: Pros & Cons Capital Gains Tax Rates for 2023 vs. 2024 Roth vs. Traditional 401(k): What's the Difference? Clark’s Christmas Kids Clark.com resources Episode transcripts Community.Clark.com Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.4	information with guidance that empowers you to make better financial decisions in your
0:42.0	life.
0:43.4	Today, have you heard of the term dupes?
0:47.4	These are copies.
0:49.5	Items of clothing, cosmetics, things that are made to look like, to seem like, to even feel like designer
0:58.3	brands, but much cheaper.
1:01.4	Question is, are they worth it later?
1:05.0	Something that's not okay.
1:06.7	Toyota just got hit with a big fine and having to pay restitution of millions of dollars to its customers.
1:15.8	I want to tell you what Toyota did, what you need to be aware of,
1:19.4	because it could happen to you with any vehicle you buy new or used with the loan you get.
1:27.0	So dupes, this is a newer way of saying copies of brand name goods. I mean there's always been reverse engineering
1:37.0	where companies have tried to copy an it look
1:42.0	a designer this that or the other.
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