After Looking at the Ads in Her Sunday Paper, Ruby

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