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Same happened to me with a rental cars. When I travelled to Scotland I reserved one from the US. When I picked up the car they added a ton of mandatory fees tha
by rqtwteye 4y ago
Same happened to me with a rental cars. When I travelled to Scotland I reserved one from the US. When I picked up the car they added a ton of mandatory fees that almost tripled the price. The person working there told me that they do this only to people from the US. People from Europe get shown the correct price.
Same happens with cell phones here. You sign up for a price and the first bill has several fees added making it quite a bit more expensive.
I wish there was a law in the US that mandated that the paid price is the advertised price.
- actually_a_dog 4y ago> Same happened to me with a rental cars. When I travelled to Scotland I reserved one from the US. When I picked up the car they added a ton of mandatory fees that almost tripled the price. The person working there told me that they do this only to people from the US. People from Europe get shown the correct price. Wow. Somehow, that seems shadier than just showing a misleading price then piling on fees for everyone.
- rqtwteye 4y agoTo me it just shows that a lot of companies will use dark patters if there are no regulations that prohibit them.
- _nalply 4y agoIf one company doesn't, then the customers will take the cheapest they believe to get. To me it just shows that sometimes strict regulation is the right thing to avoid the tragedy of commons.
- LordDragonfang 4y ago>I wish there was a law in the US that mandated that the paid price is the advertised price. Isn't Biden literally asking for congress to make a law to that effect? (Which is a really smart move on his part tbh)
- benhurmarcel 4y agoIt's a bit similar to restaurant prices in the US. Between tax and tips, you end up paying a lot more than displayed. This isn't the case in most of Europe.