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09:56 July 20th, 2006

Mystery money: does this sound familiar, or what?

Posted by: Robert Basler
Tags: Uncategorized

You go to the ATM, walk away with $100, and the next day it’s gone and you have absolutely no clue where it went.

You’re not alone.  It turns out, there is a whole huge phenomenon of mystery money, disappearing without a trace.  There’s a new survey in the UK - but there’s no reason to believe they’re any different than other people – showing that Brits spend some $150 billion a year without knowing where it went. It shows that an incredible $61 per week just evaporates from the average adult’s pocket. 

The survey shows that men are more likely to mystery-spend than women, but women are twice as likely to forget what they spent after shopping with friends than men are.  Here’s the story:card300.jpg

 

 

 

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