Lost leader
Anybody heading out for Black Friday? I haven't in years but might attempt to pick up one of the 40" 1080P TVs from Best Buy for $199.
Better be careful, many times they have just a few LOST LEADER items, and sell them to just the first few.
Last year I waited in line at Best Buy one hours before the store opened, there was about 50 people in front of me, when the doors opened, they started letting in people about 20 at a time.
When I got to the 32" flat screens that were advertised at a huge savings, they were SOLD OUT, I asked the clerk how that could be, he told me by law they only have to have ONE at the advertised price, they had eight, and the first eight people in the door got them.
Now here I am at 5:00am in the Best Buy and they are out of the specific item I drove 30 miles and waited in line for an hour to purchase, I guess their ploy worked, I bought into the LOST LEADER advertisement.
NEVER AGAIN!