Jan. 7, 2008
Interview on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross

Jan. 4, 2008
Interview on Marketplace

ABOUT THE BOOK

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ABOUT BOB

Bob's first book, Your Evil Twin: Behind the identity theft epidemic

www.BobSullivan.net

The Red Tape Chronicles on MSNBC.com

Release date:  Dec 26, 2007

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"This book should be required reading. The information will allow consumers to ensure their financial well being by avoiding sneaky tactics that rob too many people of their hard earned money."
--Lisa Madigan, attorney general, state of Illinois

"Every consumer in America needs to buy and read this book. Bob Sullivan shows exactly how corporations confuse, deceive and overcharge you--then gives you an action plan to fight back."
--Liz Pulliam Weston
"The most-read personal finance columnist on the Internet."  Author and MSN personal finance columnist

Bob Sullivan's new book reminds me of that line from the movie Network, where Howard Beale gets millions of angry citizens screaming out the windows, "I'm mad as hell and not going to take it anymore." After you read this book, you'll join Bob in the chorus of shouts against the system that's nickel and diming and mistreating us in ways you didn't even realize--and then, thanks to his wisdom, take back control.
---Lisa Napoli, Marketplace

What is Gotcha Capitalism?

Coughing up $4 fees for ATM transactions. Iron-clad cell phone contracts you can’t get out of with a crowbar. Paying big bucks for insurance you don’t need on a rental car or forking over $20 a day for supposedly “free” wireless internet. Every day we use banks, cell phones, and credit cards. Every day we book hotels and airline tickets. And every day we get ripped off.
How? Here are just a few examples of how big business can get you:

• You didn’t fill up the rental car with gas?
Gotcha! Gas costs $7 a gallon here.
• Your bank balance fell to $999.99 for one day?
Gotcha! That’ll be $12.
• You miss one payment on that 18-month same-as-cash loan?
Gotcha! That’ll be $512 extra.
• You’re one day late on that electric bill?
Gotcha! All your credit cards now have a 29.99% interest rate.

But not for much longer. In Gotcha Capitalism, MSNBC.com’s “Red Tape Chronicles” columnist Bob Sullivan exposes the ways we’re all cheated by big business, and teaches us how to get our money back–proven strategies that can help you save more than $1,000 a year.

Bob Sullivan bobsullivan@feedback.msnbc.com

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Read more about Your Evil Twin, behind the identity theft epidemic at www.youreviltwin.org