4 ms·
I wouldn't mind the itemized fees if I could opt out of them. But when they call it a "convenience fee" on a theater ticket, and they don't actually offer an in
by sowbug 4y ago
I wouldn't mind the itemized fees if I could opt out of them. But when they call it a "convenience fee" on a theater ticket, and they don't actually offer an inconvenient way to buy the ticket, or a business charges a "transaction fee" so that you can... pay them, then I don't see how the posted price is anything but a lie. If someone can't actually buy the thing for that price, it's a lie.
(Taxes are different. I wish those were required to be included in the posted price, but since they really are diverted to a separate entity, I understand how we arrived at the itemization. Don't get me started, though, on "regulatory fees" that are actually a business's claimed cost of complying with regulations, which somehow lets them bury it among the real taxes...)
- bradleyjg 4y agoIf it was just taxes I could live with it. But given the proliferation of hidden costs, we might as well fix it right and require all-in prices and ban soliciting gratuities (including facilitating them via credit card.)
- Fatnino 4y agoSpirit airlines advertises one price but when you go to book it online they slap you with a convenience fee. But in this case they do actually offer the ticket at the advertised price if you are willing to go to the right airport during the right hours to purchase it at the desk.