You are interested in purchasing a digital camera and find one priced extremely low. As you are about to purchase the camera, yo
u discover that it does not come with a power cord, memory card, or battery. You purchase all of these separately. The total cost surpasses what you would have paid at another store that listed the camera at a higher price, but included all the accessories. You have been a victim of the _______ technique.
Based on the scenario being described it seems that you have been a victim of the low-ball technique. This is a persuasion tactic in which an item is marked at a very tempting low price in order to get customers to commit to the purchase, but when they do commit the price is increased in one way or another. Which in this case was by requiring extra components to be able to use the camera.
The settlement option that provides for ongoing payments for
a period of time is called annuity. The annuity is a type of insurance contract
in which they provide an individual an annual income for a long period of time
such as an example of this is a pension.
