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Article #321Re: Bait Advertising
From: David Clayton
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:03
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:03
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On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:26:40 +1000, Mr.T wrote: > Does anyone know the actual law on bait advertising or where I can find > it? I thought continually advertising products you intentionally had > insufficient stock to meet expected demand was illegal, and yet ALDI do it > *every* week and apparently get away with it. > > Frankly I can't really see it helps them, since it must just piss more > people off than it actually attracts to buy other things. > Miss out on the 1GB drive, eh? -- Regards, David. David Clayton Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Knowledge is a measure of how many answers you have, intelligence is a measure of how many questions you have.
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