inertia selling

Yes it is called inertia selling in the UK (and it's illegal here).

Hi Itasan,

You asked:

Is it 'inertia selling' both in the UK and US?

There is no label in the Oxford English Dictionary indicating that 'inertia selling' would be a specifically British expression, so I would assume it's used in all parts of the English speaking world.

Thank you very much, Nona.
Yes, it seems to be specifically British.

Hi Itasan,

You wrote:

Yes, it seems to be specifically British.

Why do you say that? How do you know it isn't used amongst American, Australian, and Maltese speakers of English, for instance?

I don't recall ever hearing this expression before (in America).

EnglishuserWhy do you say that? How do you know it isn't used amongst American, Australian, and Maltese speakers of English, for instance?

My reasoning might be very weak, but I thought that way based
on the answers from the UK and US and from the 'UK' indication
in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dicationary I stated earlier.

Hi Itasan,

You wrote:

My reasoning might be very weak, but I thought that way based
on the answers from the UK and US and from the 'UK' indication
in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dicationary I stated earlier.

You didn't mention the UK-label in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary before. And, when I wrote my question to you, you had only received a re

Thank you very much, Englishuser.
I mentioned (CALD) in my original post, but
maybe I should have spelled it out and said that
it's labelled as UK.
Thank you again for the detailed thought.

What does "CALD" mean?

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary