Why Was Peter Tricked And Cheated?
In the scenario above, the shop actually has in stock the camera Peter was looking to buy. The problem is that they (the store) are selling it for $370. But if they were to simply state the price bluntly, Peter will just say “Okay thanks” and move on to another shop because he was looking for a price lower than $350. To make Peter stay and buy from them, they purposely quote a very low price to get Peter’s attention. And it worked. Once they said that it costs $300, Peter immediately agreed and wanted to buy from them. But they would lose money if they were to really sell the camera for $300. Hence they went to the storeroom to PRETEND to get the camera, and finally returned empty-handed, saying that there are no stock left (which is not true). Then they “switched” Peter’s desire for that camera model to another different model by saying some negative things about it and praising the other model with some cool features. Moral of the story: Just because someone or some shop is selling O
