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Purchase<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c398a33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"c398a33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script>\nwindow.addEventListener('load', function() {\n    \/\/ Troviamo tutti i link dei bottoni dentro le sezioni di Elementor\n    const bottoni = document.querySelectorAll('.elementor-button');\n\n    bottoni.forEach(function(btn) {\n        btn.addEventListener('click', function() {\n            \/\/ 1. 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