Bill to ban hidden fees in California signed into law

Just need other states to follow suit. However, I personally haven’t dealt with hidden fees and don’t know how prevalent they are in the US. Is it a widespread issue? I suppose none of the companies I do business with have them.

Re: Bill to ban hidden fees in California signed into law

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Post by adasdasdas » Mon, Oct 09, 2023, 5:33 AM UTC

I don't know why we can't just force everyone to show post tax/fees price upfront. It's complete bullshit that every restaurant bill comes with 3 different taxes.

Re: Bill to ban hidden fees in California signed into law

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Post by koito17 » Mon, Oct 09, 2023, 5:34 AM UTC

amatecha wrote: post #3

Is that like "convenience fee" or that sort of crap such as on Ticketmaster? If so, this is amazing! Make it NA-wide please :) haha

It has to do more with e.g. ISPs charging fees that are not revealed to prospective customers (either in their website or other marketing materials) yet appear in a monthly statement and significantly increase the real cost of their service.

cf. https://gizmodo.com/comcast-fcc-doesnt-want-to-list-all-its-...

You can also find other recent articles about this kind of thing

Re: Bill to ban hidden fees in California signed into law

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Post by shiroiuma » Mon, Oct 09, 2023, 5:34 AM UTC

They should ban tipping too.

Re: Bill to ban hidden fees in California signed into law

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Post by pingpongchef » Mon, Oct 09, 2023, 5:35 AM UTC

ngoel36 wrote: post #2

Glad we are focused on the most critical issues facing society.

Fees businesses charge will be a nonissue when businesses are unable to operate in California