Door to door salesmen, Estate agents, recruitment consultants... They're all basically salesmen who will say whatever it takes to get you to sign on the dotted line, then clearing up the lies afterwards is someone else's problem. Far from being frowned upon these kinds of lies, or "salesmanship" is actually revered in the industry; bosses don't want an honest, upfront salesman they want a "hungry shark" who is "target driven" and "motivated", and other such nonsense like you might hear on 'The Apprentice.'
I suppose if anything estate agents are the worst because all they really do is match buyers to sellers and charge a fortune for it - at least recruitment consultants have to go out and find jobs to match up to candidates.
I get my MOT done at the bus garage which takes under an hour so i'd forgotten about garages. Yes ÂŁ25 for an MOT, sure. You leave your vehicle there at 8am, then go to pick it up at 5pm and they're all like "sorry mate it's failed on the brakes, they could be dangerous". Obviously you need your vehicle back asap (it's still up on the lift with no wheels on it) so you ask them to fix it. ÂŁ300 for something you suspect didn't need doing in the first place. At least you get a free retest though.