deceptive pricing
Hidden fee tactics
Deceptive pricing is the practice of making a price appear more favorable than it actually is.
Common tactics include inflating a "regular" price to make discounts seem larger, hiding fees until checkout, or advertising misleading unit prices: The store was fined for deceptive pricing after investigators found the "original prices" had never been charged.
- misleadingCausing false beliefs
- bait-and-switchFraudulent substitution tactic
- hidden feesConcealed additional costs
- fine printMiniature contractual text
- markupAdded percentage for profit
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