A few weeks back whilst strolling up to Sainsbury's on Stroud Green Rd I was pretty shocked to see they had a large photo of my patio garden on full display up in their window. Apparently, unbeknownst to me, my house is available to rent... immediately! Surprising that, considering I've never been in touch with David Andrew and have no inclination of moving. I then looked on their website to find they had incorrect specs of my house and outdated photographs of each of the property. I called pretending to be interested in renting the place and surprise, surprise was told it had just been rented but they had another garden property just like it! I called back the following day and made a complaint to which they responded it was just their way of drawing in future landlords.
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I doubt it amounts to fraud in legal terms, as no money has changed hands. It is deceptive for sure, but is better characterised as aggressive (possibly time-wasting) marketing, intended to lure in the punters to a place where different deals can be put to them.
A typical "bait & switch" would be for a supermarket to advertise an attractive price for product A; on asking about product A, the punter is then told there's no more product A available, its all sold out, but would they like some product B.
(BTW you can't be switched until you've taken the bait: it's bait, then switch!
Hmm this has prompted me to contact the agent we used for our purchase - we moved into our house over a year ago yet the house is still listed on their website as 'under offer'. This kind of trick seems more common practice than I'd have imagined...
Lot of agents use bad tactics, without anyone's concern.
Regardless of the nature of business you do, it should be built on respect and honesty.
Sadly there's not many like that!
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