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If you’ve ever left a store wondering how on earth a quick, one-item errand turned into a bona fide spending spree, you’ve got plenty of company.
According to a recent survey by CreditCards.com, 3 in 4 Americans have made impulse purchases. And those spur-of-the-moment buys can be costly. Of the impulse buyers included in the study, 16 percent said they spent $500 or more on the purchase and 10 percent spent $1,000 or more.
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