Definitions for bait and switch
bait and switch

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1. bait and switchnoun

   a deceptive way of selling that involves advertising a product at a very low price in order to attract customers who are then persuaded to switch to a more expensive product

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1. bait and switchnoun

   Any similar deceptive behavior, especially in politics and romantic relationships.

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1. bait and switch

   Bait-and-switch is a form of fraud used in retail sales but also employed in other contexts. First, customers are "baited" by merchants' advertising products or services at a low price, but when customers visit the store, they discover that the advertised goods are not available, or the customers are pressured by salespeople to consider similar, but higher-priced items ("switching"). Bait-and-switch techniques have a long and widespread history as a part of commercial culture. Many variations on the bait-and-switch appear, for example, in China's earliest book of stories about fraud, Zhang Yingyu's The Book of Swindles (c. 1617).

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1. bait and switch

   Bait and switch is a deceptive marketing or sales tactic where a product or service is advertised at a low price to attract customers, and then the customer is persuaded to purchase a more expensive item by claiming the advertised item is no longer available, of poor quality, or inadequately serviced. It is often considered a fraudulent and unethical practice.

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1. • Selling

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bait and switch in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bait and switch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of bait and switch in a Sentence

1. Norman Ornstein:

   It was in many ways astonishing, it would have been so easy to say' Manchin's trying to blow this up, we're not going to let this bait and switch go through.'.

2. Beth Lowell:

   Americans might love salmon, but as our study reveals, they may be falling victim to a bait and switch, when consumers opt for wild-caught U.S. salmon, they don’t expect to get a farmed or lower-value product of questionable origins. This type of Seafood Fraud can have serious ecological and economic consequences. Not only are consumers getting ripped off, but responsible U.S. fishermen are being cheated when fraudulent products lower the price for their hard-won catch.

3. Nathan Jensen:

   I am not sure how this will play out in the public after having this beauty contest across 200 plus locations and promising so much investment and jobs, this could feel like a bait and switch for some cities.

4. Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal:

   It was a bait-and-switch, it wasn't what we've been told. It wasn't what we had been promised.

5. Phil Weiser:

   My friends on the other side have failed to offer any viable theory on how to address the spectacle of a bribed elector, an elector who votes for Frodo Baggins, or one who would perpetrate a bait-and-switch on the people of the state.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bait and switch
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bait_and_Switch
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bait_and_Switch
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com