This article adheres to strict editorial standards. Some or all links may be monetized. Car dealers aren't always known for prioritizing your budget — and the lengths some will go to to separate you ...

Car dealers rely on a simple worksheet called the "four square" to turn a straightforward purchase into a maze of numbers that favors the showroom, not the shopper. I want to show you how that grid ...

Research from Cornell University suggests that people assign different levels of social status to others depending on how they choose to pay for goods and services, Allen Adamson and Alexander Fulmer ...