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Yeah, I saw a default tip for making a week-long hotel booking on online, which amounts to more than peanuts--oh and it was on top of the already mandatory 'ser
by karmakaze 2y ago
Yeah, I saw a default tip for making a week-long hotel booking on online, which amounts to more than peanuts--oh and it was on top of the already mandatory 'service fees and taxes'. I would think only the taxes are mandatory and service fees should be in the advertised price. (I checked if booking different number of days changed the 'service fee', no it was a straight daily percentage). Same goes for shipping+handling that hides the actual price of items.
- ensignavenger 2y agoShipping and handling costs can vary widely with the number of items purchased. If I buy one shoe lace or three, the shipping costs are going to be the same... so if you price shipping into the item price, folks buying three pairs of shoe laces will pay excess shipping from folks buying one pair of shoe laces.
- karmakaze 2y agoI'm not talking about reasonable rates but the ones on eBay that lists an item underpriced at $20 with $50 s+h. I've started seeing this pattern spread to other online sellers besides such platforms. This is similar to 'free delivery' on Uber Eats which still has a service charge--it's a delivery service! All it means is there's no extra delivery charge on top. Plus priority if you'd like that maybe still warm. It's all a meaningless cash grab.
- ensignavenger 2y agoOh, I can agree with that. Ebay has so much potential if they would clean the platform up of practices like that.