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The Indicator from Planet Money · October 14, 2026 · 9m
A rebate runaround, a car rental rip-off and … roaches?!
The Indicator shares listener tales of consumer rage: a maddeningly complex rebate process, shrinking cereal boxes, and surprise charges on a rental car bill. The hosts use these complaints to explore the economic forces that drive consumer anger. The episode considers why these frictions show up so often in everyday transactions.
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A listener describes a rebate process so convoluted it becomes an administrative burden in its own right.
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