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Like FTC, I estimate that banning these would save U.S. consumers millions of hours they currently spend searching and clicking on pointless coupons on their phones before making purchases. It would also increase happiness, as it's extremely annoying to pay $20 extra, knowing that a lower price is available if only you spent ten minutes struggling with a store's website on your phone.
Whoever invented this is evil and is destroying happiness.
They should ban hidden taxes too. The sticker price should be the final price.
Do you want to put in your shipping address to every website before you can shop?
Good for me, my zipcode is the Walmart of zip codes. No so good for people who's zip code is the Whole Foods of zip codes.
Seems like a no brainer. Can they tackle sales tax next?
But I'm also baffled... how did this take this long?
Why wasn't it done way back when they did it for airline tickets, in 2012?
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Do you want to put in your shipping address to every website before you can shop?
A zipcode should be plenty and grocery websites do that already.
Wonder if this going to be permanent or will be reverted as soon as the new FTC head is in office.
Time will tell - the change I'm really hoping will stick is the outlawing of non-competes without consideration.
They should ban hidden taxes too. The sticker price should be the final price.
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and service fees at restaurants. The price on the menu in Seattle or SF is ~25% lower than what the product actually costs.
California was set to ban that, until Scott Weiner carved out an exception for restaurants.