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Advice for Retailers: Stop pushing the xtd warranty and open up a few more checkout lanes!

Consumer Reports has 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." Shocking.

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

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