A Salesperson Tells His Customers That He Will Give Them

Multiple Choice

A salesperson tells his customers that he will give them some freebies if they purchase laptops from his store. However, he has neither asked the store manager if he can do so nor checked if the shop has an adequate stock of freebies. As such, he is not able to deliver the freebies to his customers. Which decision-making trap does this scenario exemplify?

A) Responding inappropriately to failure
B) Promising too much
C) Assuming only one choice is right
D) Overlooking precedent