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===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>
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