On 2/2/2012 1:38, Invisible wrote:
> To my mind, bait and switch is when you tell somebody they're buying X, but
> they're actually buying Y. That seems to me like fraud, and should be
> utterly illegal everywhere.

No. Bait and switch is when you advertise nightcrawlers for $0.10/dozen, but 
when the customer arrives, you tell him you're all out of worms and all you 
have left is electrical control devices that cost close to $3 each.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   People tell me I am the counter-example.

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