What does "BAIT AND SWITCH" mean.........????

Question

sorry ... I put it in the wrong category...

Answer 1

"Bait and Switch" is a fraud used by people or companies to advertise a product at a ridiculously low price.  You run to the store when a brand new computer is advertised for only $99.   You get there and they have none in stock but want to sell you something else for a much higher price.  It's illegal.  They never had a computer for that price and just want to sucker people in to sell them something more expensive.  Usually telling you the $99 computer is out of stock and how lucky you are to be getting the better computer for only $1,200.  Making you feel good you didn't get cheated by them.

Answer 2

I don't know what it means in water sports but in sales its when you advertise a great deal on an item, but when the customer comes in you play it down or mysteriously all out of stock but you have a pricier, more profitable, item to sell them, that does so much more too.

Answer 3

In my world it means...Tell you what you want to hear until you get what you want then just leave.......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)