After Looking at the Ads in Her Sunday Paper, Ruby

question 115

Multiple Choice

After looking at the ads in her Sunday paper, Ruby decided to visit a local nursery and buy potting soil for her plants at $1.99 a bag. The regular price is $4.99 a bag. While Ruby was there she also purchased three bushes, six flowering plants, and a bird bath. You can infer from this information that the nursery used the bags of potting soil as a ________.

• A) loss leader
• B) freemium
• C) bait-and-switch
• D) price line
• E) reference price

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