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Something You Should Know

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How to Avoid Ticketmaster's Bait and Switch

Every Valentine's Day, we have to buy flowers for the people that we love. And you see this flurry of ads for bouquets for $29.99. There is literally no way for you to buy Flowers for anything less than $50 out the door by the time there's a delivery fee and a service charge and all of that. These companies know exactly what they're doing. They know exactly what price point will get your attention. So it's really bait and switch. It shouldn't be legal.

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