The Great Money Escape (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Independently Published, 2026
- Softcover
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Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United KingdomCitiRetail
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Paperback. You didn't get robbed in an alley. You agreed to terms and conditions you didn't read, walked into a grocery store for milk, and paid $84 for situational cheese.Payday is a short-lived miracle with a three-day warranty.There is a sacred moment every month: your phone chimes, a deposit lands, and for approximately fifty-four minutes, you feel like a sovereign monarch with financial sovereignty. By dinner, your paycheck has been divided, subjugated, and marched off to satisfy obligations it never personally incurred.You didn't splurge on diamonds. You didn't buy a yacht. So where did the money go?In The Great Money Escape: Why My Money Disappears and Why I Let It Go, author and observational humorist Prashant Chandola (Writer Don) leads a laugh-out-loud, unsparing investigation into the polite, micro-heists that quietly drain perfectly good bank accounts.Inside this slightly accurate field guide, you will discover: The Autopay Serial KillersHow $9.99 charges hide behind rent like minnows behind a shark, draining hundreds in silent subscriptions for a 'better self' that never showed up.The Grocery Store HeistWhy the milk is always placed at the furthest corner of the store and why a cavernous shopping cart makes you shop with hungry ambition.Friendship vs. $400The psychological hostage crisis that begins the second you say 'Don't worry about it, pay me whenever.'Festival Math & Wedding WoundsThe terrifying arithmetic families perform when emotion is high and restraint is low-and how 'people will talk' funds endless overspending.The Boring SuperpowerWhy safety feels like absolutely nothing-and why automating your savings before 9 a.m. on payday is the only cage money can't slip out of."A witty, field-tested autopsy of why cash vanishes the moment it hits your account - and how to outsmart the polite little heists that leave you broke by the tenth." This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- The Great Money Escape (Paperback)
- Author
- Prashant Chandola
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798174495463
You didn't get robbed in an alley. You agreed to terms and conditions you didn't read, walked into a grocery store for milk, and paid $84 for situational cheese.
Payday is a short-lived miracle with a three-day warranty.There is a sacred moment every month: your phone chimes, a deposit lands, and for approximately fifty-four minutes, you feel like a sovereign monarch with financial sovereignty. By dinner, your paycheck has been divided, subjugated, and marched off to satisfy obligations it never personally incurred.
You didn’t splurge on diamonds. You didn't buy a yacht. So where did the money go?
In The Great Money Escape: Why My Money Disappears and Why I Let It Go, author and observational humorist Prashant Chandola (Writer Don) leads a laugh-out-loud, unsparing investigation into the polite, micro-heists that quietly drain perfectly good bank accounts.
Inside this slightly accurate field guide, you will discover:The Autopay Serial Killers
How $9.99 charges hide behind rent like minnows behind a shark, draining hundreds in silent subscriptions for a 'better self' that never showed up.
The Grocery Store Heist
Why the milk is always placed at the furthest corner of the store and why a cavernous shopping cart makes you shop with hungry ambition.
Friendship vs. $400
The psychological hostage crisis that begins the second you say 'Don't worry about it, pay me whenever.'
Festival Math & Wedding Wounds
The terrifying arithmetic families perform when emotion is high and restraint is low—and how 'people will talk' funds endless overspending.
The Boring Superpower
Why safety feels like absolutely nothing—and why automating your savings before 9 a.m. on payday is the only cage money can't slip out of.
"A witty, field-tested autopsy of why cash vanishes the moment it hits your account — and how to outsmart the polite little heists that leave you broke by the tenth."
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