I'm glad to say that bait and switch is illegal in NYC - but only if reported and documented - check out their BBB (better business bureau) status before dealing with ANY NYC camera stores.
Calumet, Adorama and B&H all have good standing. Oliver ----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 6:12 AM Subject: Re: A certain retailer > Hi, Cotty, > > Yup. AFAIK, it comes in several guises, either trying to get the customer > to buy a more expensive product - "for only a couple of dollars more, you > can get..." - or even worse, sell off an inferior product (often a house > brand) purportedly of equal or better quality - "now that used Super Multi > Coated Takumar 3.5 35mm is a fine lens, but for the same money, you can get > a brand new Supergon 4.0 35mm, under full warranty. We've sold thousands, > and our customers report that it's tack sharp, yadda, yadda, yadda..." > > It's not an illegal practice, AFAIK, unless, they never did have the Tak > 35mm in the first place, but only advertised it to get calls so they can > flog the Supergon. It does happen... > > regards, > frank > > Cotty wrote: > > > >bait and switch > > > > I've got a good idea, but can someone please spell this out for me. What > > does it mean? Advertise one product and then try and sell you another? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Cotty > > > > _______________________________________________________ > > Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Check out the UK Macintosh ads > > http://www.macads.co.uk > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
