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Alina Selyukh

Why are sales so hard to resist? Let's unravel this Black Friday mystery

(Ahn Young-joon/AP)

If sales generally feel hard to resist, the sale in front of Aarron Schurevich was the ultimate test: a new Kia Soul just like the one he'd had and loved, at a dealership he trusted, at a moment when he really needed a car. And it was priced $4,000 off, more than a 20% discount.

"I figured that I would be an idiot not to to take advantage of that," says Schurevich, a teacher from Omaha, Neb. "I'd better snatch this opportunity before it evaporates."

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