Editing Bait-and-switch (section)

==Examples==

===In retail===
Car dealerships and auto brokers have been known to use various forms of bait-and-switch or similar tactics, such as advertising vehicles online at what seems like a bargain price, only for the customer to discover that the specific vehicle is no longer available, as well as adding on a plethora of additional fees or even changing the sale price when coming close to closing the sale.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publiccounsel.org/pages/?id=0003 |title=Common Auto Dealer Scams |website=PublicCounsel.org |access-date=19 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.carprousa.com/Beware-Of-Bait-and-Switch-Internet-Pricing-Practices/a/463 |title=Beware Of Bait and Switch Internet Pricing Practices |first=Jerry |last=Reynolds |date=1 March 2018 |website=Car Pro USA |access-date=19 July 2019}}</ref>

Online sellers use bait-and-switch by showing a photograph of a desired item to get sales, then shipping a cheaper copy of the item or a picture of the item.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Guy Accidentally Paid $700 for a Photo of an Xbox on eBay|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/XBOX-One-From-Ebay-Turned-Out-to-be-a-Shitty-Photo-of-an-XBOX-One/|access-date=2020-07-28|website=[[Vice Media]]|language=en}}</ref>

===Other===

A bait-and-switch job offer is when the actual work has large discrepancies with what was described in the job listing or interview.

A bait-and-switch interview is when a potential employee hires another person to be their stand-in during the [[job interview]] process.<ref>{{cite web |title=What Is a Bait and Switch Interview? |website=US News & World Report |author=Robin Madell |date=30 Nov 2022 |url=https://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/articles/what-is-a-bait-and-switch-interview}}</ref>

In lawmaking, "caption bills" that propose minor changes in law with simplistic titles (the bait) are introduced to the legislature with the ultimate objective of substantially changing the wording (the switch) at a later date in order to try to smooth the passage of a controversial or major amendment. Rule changes are also proposed (the bait) to meet legal requirements for public notice and mandated public hearings, then different rules are proposed at a final meeting (the switch), thus bypassing the objective of public notice and public discussion on the actual rules voted upon.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-04-04|title=Political Adaptation of Bait and Switch Tactics|url=https://fraud.laws.com/bait-and-switch/political-adaptation-of-bait-and-switch-tactics|access-date=2020-09-17|website=fraud.laws.com|language=en-US}}</ref>