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It's Christmas in August! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmF2lCXV8lQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmF2lCXV8lQ I remember the bait and switch was big with
by jhallenworld 5y ago
It's Christmas in August!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmF2lCXV8lQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmF2lCXV8lQ
I remember the bait and switch was big with these stores. The stuff they advertised was not in stock, but they tried to sell you what they did have.
I'm surprised they didn't discover what Sir Alan Sugar had: that you could make more money on house branded stuff made in Hong Kong.
- quercusa 5y agoThe NYC camera stores were famous for this: "That Nikon lens is out of stock but we've got a Zeus lens for the same price and it's actually a better lens".
- technofiend 5y agoThis was also lampooned in Adam Sandler's movie Zohan, with electronic store employees proclaiming everything had "Sony guts!".