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<p>[QUOTE="spock1k, post: 955088, member: 7043"]No, it isn't. A bait and switch is when you advertise one particular thing to get people to come in to buy, but when they get there you don't have that one particular thing to sell and so you sell something else.</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>It's not that there are shoddy business practices going on, even though many here might consider them to be. It is that normal business practices are going on. In pretty much any business it is the saleman's job to sell the customer the item that will make the company the most money. That <b>IS</b> waht they get paid to do.</p><p><br /></p><p>What you have to remember is this - Goldline advertises many different forms of gold. You can buy gold bars (ordinary bullion), or modern gold coins from just about any country that offers them. But you can also buy numismatic items - in other words coins that have a value over and above their gold content.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is what those Swiss coins are - numismatic items. They are not modern coins produced in recent years. Those coins were last produced in the 1930's with 2 years in the '40s - but most much earlier than that even.</p><p><br /></p><p>What happened here is that the Goldline salesmen did their job - a customer called in wanting to buy gold. So the salesmen talked them into buying gold in the form that would make the company the most money at the time - those Swiss gold coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>But at any time the customer could have said no. The customer could have bought gold bars if they wanted and done much better. But the customer <u>chose</u> to, and chose is a very important word, to believe the saleman's spiel. The customer <u>chose</u> to buy those Swiss gold coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The customer is the one who always, always, always - has the final decision. It is their choice to either buy or not buy. Every single time. And so the customer bears the responsibility for their actions - not the company.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is absolutely a case of people getting screwed by their own stupidity - and nothing else.[/QUOTE]</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>i am still telling you you are wasting your time join my company as chief marketing and technical officer and both of will be rich beyond our dreams. the treasury is running in empty right now <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="spock1k, post: 955088, member: 7043"]No, it isn't. A bait and switch is when you advertise one particular thing to get people to come in to buy, but when they get there you don't have that one particular thing to sell and so you sell something else. It's not that there are shoddy business practices going on, even though many here might consider them to be. It is that normal business practices are going on. In pretty much any business it is the saleman's job to sell the customer the item that will make the company the most money. That [B]IS[/B] waht they get paid to do. What you have to remember is this - Goldline advertises many different forms of gold. You can buy gold bars (ordinary bullion), or modern gold coins from just about any country that offers them. But you can also buy numismatic items - in other words coins that have a value over and above their gold content. That is what those Swiss coins are - numismatic items. They are not modern coins produced in recent years. Those coins were last produced in the 1930's with 2 years in the '40s - but most much earlier than that even. What happened here is that the Goldline salesmen did their job - a customer called in wanting to buy gold. So the salesmen talked them into buying gold in the form that would make the company the most money at the time - those Swiss gold coins. But at any time the customer could have said no. The customer could have bought gold bars if they wanted and done much better. But the customer [U]chose[/U] to, and chose is a very important word, to believe the saleman's spiel. The customer [U]chose[/U] to buy those Swiss gold coins. The customer is the one who always, always, always - has the final decision. It is their choice to either buy or not buy. Every single time. And so the customer bears the responsibility for their actions - not the company. This is absolutely a case of people getting screwed by their own stupidity - and nothing else.[/QUOTE] i am still telling you you are wasting your time join my company as chief marketing and technical officer and both of will be rich beyond our dreams. the treasury is running in empty right now :D[/QUOTE]
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