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In the UK at least, the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations of 2008 imply that it is an illegal sales technique. There has been some success in
by jamescun 10y ago
In the UK at least, the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations of 2008 imply that it is an illegal sales technique. There has been some success in courts prosecuting this to a degree that most subscription services will also display the full price, less they become the example case.
- pluma 10y agoIn Germany the "fine print" price has to be clearly visible, too.
- runholm 10y agoI suspect there are EU rules on the top of the chain forcing all member countries to enforce such laws.
- Silhouette 10y agoThere are. In fact, they were strengthened significantly quite recently, particularly in the area of online sales, and now with potentially quite serious penalties for any business that doesn't comply. If you're interested, the main underlying EU rules are in Directive 2011/83/EU.
- squidbidness 10y agoPedantic correction: "less they become ..." should be "_lest_ they become..."