{"id":716,"date":"2015-12-26T13:00:16","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-survive-the-january-sales\/"},"modified":"2016-01-04T20:54:13","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T13:54:13","slug":"how-to-survive-the-january-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-survive-the-january-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"How to survive the January sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nWhy are we such suckers for a 50% off sign or an \u2018unrepeatable\u2019 special offer? And how can we avoid buying stuff we don\u2019t really need?The turkey has been eaten, the presents unwrapped and the Queen\u2019s speech watched. Which can only mean one thing \u2013 it\u2019s time to get ready for the post-Christmas sales.No matter how much we\u2019ve indulged over the festive season or how many gifts we\u2019ve received, there\u2019s something about the chance to bag a bargain that lures us out into the cold and damp, whatever we promised ourselves after last season\u2019s buying binge. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2015\/dec\/26\/secrets-of-the-january-sales-revealed\" target=\"_blank\">How to survive the January sales<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Why are we such suckers for a 50% off sign or an \u2018unrepeatable\u2019 special offer?&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-by","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102696,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/record-high-sales-at-chinese-developer-vanke-which-unveiled-to-survive-slogan-in-2018\/","url_meta":{"origin":716,"position":0},"title":"Record high sales at Chinese developer Vanke, which unveiled \u2018to survive\u2019 slogan, in 2018","date":"January 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r China Vanke, mainland China\u2019s second-largest property developer by sales, said on Friday it generated 606.95 billion yuan (US$88.28 billion) in sales last year, a record high for the company. 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