Given below are two statements. one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): Auto companies and other consumer goods companies offer cash rebates to encourage purchase of the manufacturer's products within a specified period Reason (R): The same product is priced differently at different times In the context of the two statements above related to pricing strategy, which one of the following options is correct?

• A. Both (A) and (R) are correct
• B. Both (A) and (R) are not correct
• C. (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct
• D. (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct