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Hidden fees are a strategy as old as time - what's uniquely American is the lack of regulation regarding them. Look at something as simple as sales tax - in th
by hotpotamus 4y ago
Hidden fees are a strategy as old as time - what's uniquely American is the lack of regulation regarding them.
Look at something as simple as sales tax - in the US, that's not included in the price on the shelf, but in most of the developed world it is. It's not like there's some centuries old custom at work there - it's regulation.
- ghaff 4y agoThere are a couple of different things. Are there hidden fees that most people don't know about? (Most people know about sales tax.) Do a lot of people just ignore the fact that they're going to have less legroom and won't be able to reserve a seat if they can get a lower price? Those are different things. The former is a dark pattern. The second just means a lot of people are very price sensitive.