an even closer psychological analogy would be the ticketmaster fees layered atop the face price of a concert ticket. (how it actually works, apparently, is that

an even closer psychological analogy would be the ticketmaster fees layered atop the face price of a concert ticket. (how it actually works, apparently, is that ticketmaster provides the service of being the "bad guy" so that venues/artists can hike their prices without alienating their customers, but they invent a bunch of crappy itemisations of their fee, leaving people feeling even more ripped off because the charges are transparent bullshit)