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It's like putting a bunch of bananas in your basket, thinking the display price ($10 of course) is the real price, only to find out at the checkout, that it's $

• s1artibartfast 3y ago
  Fees are stated up front, and completely to be expected. I think getting shocked by cleaning fees is like getting shocked that there is a sales tax.. Every time you go to the store. Showing the total with cleaning fees at the end is inconvenient and user hostile, but in no way a "scam".
  • redwall_hp 3y ago
    The US is an anomaly in drip-pricing sales tax at the register. It's normal for sales tax to be part of the list price. It's one of the things travelers to the US are frequently outraged by, as well as our "pint" glasses (16 oz) that are smaller than an imperial pint (20 oz) or metric equivalent. As someone else in the thread pointed out, some locales do require that AirBNB and similar list prices with the fees included, and they comply in those regions. And not including tax is kind of a con when the rate can vary between states, cities and even parts of cities. Nobody can be expected to know the particulars everywhere they go, while businesses are legally required to know in order to collect.
    • s1artibartfast 3y ago
      Sure, I agree with everything you said,and that is why I think it is annoying, but not a scam. >Nobody can be expected to know the particulars everywhere they go, while businesses are legally required to know in order to collect. Which is why they tell customers exactly what the total is and fee/tax breakdown before purchase.