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Marketplace | Season 36, Episode 11 | Mar 20, 2009 | 22:20

Power of Persuasion

Wendy Mesley investigates the tactics used by door-to-door energy sales people, and reveals the truth they don’t tell you when it comes to your bills and their companies.

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