Originally Posted by stewyscrewy
They do that to lure you into the store to buy other items that look like thay have been marked down and they realy havent been. All big box sotres use this tactic. It has been talked aobut on most major tv new stations, but as long as we the consumers keep groveling to the super sales they will keep doing it.
Exactly - in my area, those items are called "catchers" - I guess, related to the American phrase,"Whaat's the catch?"when a deal is too good to be true.