baiting and switching

A form of bait and switch — An unscrupulous and sometimes illegal sales technique, in which an inexpensive product is advertised to attract prospective customers who are then told by sales personnel that the inexpensive product is unavailable or of poor quality and are instead urged to buy a more expensive product.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bait and switch
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