The Checkout

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Checkout
Authors and Contributors      By (author) The Checkout Team
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:226
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 155
Category/GenreConsumer advice
ISBN/Barcode 9780733335686
ClassificationsDewey:381.33
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher ABC Books
Imprint ABC Books
Publication Date 21 November 2016
Publication Country Australia

Description

Don't get ripped off, read THE CHECKOUT, from the team behind ABC's top-rating show. ABC TV's THE CHECKOUT has managed to delight and inform consumers while challenging and infuriating big business. Keeping the same mix of irreverence and information as the top-rating ABC show, THE CHECKOUT is a fabulously funny read that also gives readers the knowledge and tools they can use in everyday consumer interactions. Featuring illustrations, photographs, break-out boxes and heaps of incredibly useful (and mind-boggling) information and observations, there are sections on: , *How To Return This Book: a look at consumer rights when it comes to returning items using the purchase of the book as a case study , *Do This Right Now: Consumer advice that can save readers money instantly , *The Checklist: simple, one-page checklists of things consumers need to be aware of before making certain transaction (eg buying car insurance) , *Product versus Packshot , *Guilty Mum , *Signs of the Times , *Loving Pet Owner , *First World Problems And more! THE CHECKOUT is a no-holds-barred, irreverent and entertaining approach to explaining and exposing the ways that all of us are being ripped off. You can't afford not to read this book!

Author Biography

From the team behind ABC TV's satirical consumer affairs series THE CHECKOUT: Julian Morrow and Craig Reucassel (The Chaser), Kirsten Drysdale, Kate Browne, Scott Abbot, Zoe Norton Lodge and Ben Jenkins.