> The trouble is they're only seen when you're, say, at the last screen of checking out. How do they avoid that in Germany? If they're adding a surcharge for s

> The trouble is they're only seen when you're, say, at the last screen of checking out. How do they avoid that in Germany? If they're adding a surcharge for something you would reasonably expect to be included in the offering which they advertised at a lower price, it would be false advertising. You'd at least run afoul of the act against unfair competition: German version / English version §5 Misleading commercial practices: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/uwg_2004/__5.html https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/uwg_2004/__5.html / https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_uwg/englisch_uwg.html#p0061 https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_uwg/englisch_uwg... §5a Misleading by omission: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/uwg_2004/__5a.html https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/uwg_2004/__5a.html / https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_uwg/englisch_uwg.html#p0073 https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_uwg/englisch_uwg... Some quotes: > A commercial practice is regarded as misleading if it contains false statements or other information suited to deception regarding the following circumstances: [..] 2. the reason for the purchase, such as the existence of a specific price advantage, the price or the manner in which the price is calculated [..] > The following are also regarded as an omission of information: 1. the hiding of material information, 2. the provision of material information in an unclear, unintelligible or ambiguous manner, 3. the provision of material information in an untimely manner.