I would like to think that companies know that bait and switch is illegal and would take care not to practice it. And yet when my hubby took the truck to the local tire company to get new tires, that is exactly what they tried to do. He was quoted one price for the new tires and he agreed to buy them. They took the truck into the garage and went ahead and mounted and balanced the tires.
When he was presented with the bill, it was for almost double the amount he was quoted! When he questioned the amount, they claimed that the price he was quoted was a mistake and that they could not possibly sell the tires to him for that price. So what would you do in a situation like that? I’ll tell you what he did; he told them to take the tires back off of the truck and put the old tires back on it. They sure didn’t like hearing that! But that’s exactly what happened.