is bait and switch allowed on ebay?

[historybuff915]

I have done searches and there are links to seller's individual postings and they have a price listed.  For example one such listing listed $9.99.  When I click on the link I go to that seller's posting and if I add that item to the cart the price changes.  The two that I found and followed the price changed to over $20.00.  That, to me, is a classic bait and switch.  I started to wade through the ebay policies but I do not want to spend that amount of time doing that and contacting ebay requires some menu driven **bleep** to narrow the contact and I do not want to wade through that either.  Anybody willing to answer this?

[wooden_flower]

Were they items that you had to select form a pull down list?  Some sellers abuse this type of listing, showing a less expensive accessory, then the actual item is a higher price.

It isn't bait and switch since you select the item, but it is search & browse manipulation.  It can be reported, but it is a practice that eBay seems unable to control.