Those fucking “service fees” should be regulated. It’s all just part of the cost so include it in the price instead of adding it on last second and acting like they have no control over it. I think final price should be what is advertised when possible, with a breakdown offered in addition to that if that’s helpful. Obviously certain things like taxes and shipping can depend on the buyer’s location, but a good faith effort to show the final cost should be made, including allowing users to anonymously put that information in to see what the final cost works out to.
IMO it’s all manipulative salesmanship to not advertise the final price, but especially so when it’s just that site or service adding in their own fees or other fees that should have been considered their cost of doing business.
And especially fuck fees when they are used to manipulate numbers life “profit” to avoid taxes or fuck over people who think a product will be profitable when the other side is negotiating based on whether a company will be profitable (and deliberately structure it so that it won’t).
You’re preaching to the choir! While they fiddled trying to get the promo code applied they ended up losing their selected seats, it was a huge waste of time for them. Modern day capitalism is tricking the consumer into buying their product. “You’ve already made it this far, what’s a few more fees before you check out?” is a terrible business model.
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Those fucking “service fees” should be regulated. It’s all just part of the cost so include it in the price instead of adding it on last second and acting like they have no control over it. I think final price should be what is advertised when possible, with a breakdown offered in addition to that if that’s helpful. Obviously certain things like taxes and shipping can depend on the buyer’s location, but a good faith effort to show the final cost should be made, including allowing users to anonymously put that information in to see what the final cost works out to.
IMO it’s all manipulative salesmanship to not advertise the final price, but especially so when it’s just that site or service adding in their own fees or other fees that should have been considered their cost of doing business.
And especially fuck fees when they are used to manipulate numbers life “profit” to avoid taxes or fuck over people who think a product will be profitable when the other side is negotiating based on whether a company will be profitable (and deliberately structure it so that it won’t).
You’re preaching to the choir! While they fiddled trying to get the promo code applied they ended up losing their selected seats, it was a huge waste of time for them. Modern day capitalism is tricking the consumer into buying their product. “You’ve already made it this far, what’s a few more fees before you check out?” is a terrible business model.