Asked by Miquan Patton-Martin on Apr 25, 2024

Paul's Puppy toys advertises dog bones for $1. When customers arrive to buy, employees warn the buyers that the $1 bones can sometimes make dogs sick and offer the buyers $5 bones instead. The advertisement offering the $1 bones is an example of:

A) Click-and-install
B) Bait-and-switch
C) Bait-and-click
D) Deceptive-click
E) Click-to-deceit

Bait-and-Switch

A deceptive marketing strategy where a seller promotes a product at a low price to attract customers but then reveals that the advertised product is unavailable and tries to sell a more expensive item instead.

  • Identify the elements and examples of deceptive claims in advertising.