• donut4ever@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Serious question, wtf is a convenience fee? There needs to be a law for companies to explain wtf these things are.

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      1 year ago

      Essentially automated greed. They make more money by automating their employees and they charge you even more because of how convenient it was for them to do so.

    • LetMeEatCake@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Convenience fee is the best name they can apply to soften a fee, which is really just a way for them to charge more than the list price.

      Fees should be universally folded into the list price by default.

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        1 year ago

        It’s fucking disgusting. TMobile does this shit, too with their “other fees”. My gym does this with a $27 a year “maintenance fee”. Like wtf is this?

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          You might be seeing fees I’m not, but some cell service are actually mandatory in the US. Usually a few dollars a month, they go to various state and federal agencies.

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            1 year ago

            I don’t know. I don’t mind the fee if it’s small, but at least give a name that shows it’s justified. “other fees” doesn’t mean shit

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      I visited Marrakesh back in 2018 and went to a coffee shop where you can see the main city square from above. When I asked for the bill, the employee said the price plus a “serving” fee. This “convenience” fee has the same bullshit energy as that fake fee in Morocco.

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      I visited Marrakesh back in 2018 and went to a famous coffee shop where you can see the main city square from above. When I asked for the bill, the employee said the price plus a “serving” fee. This “convenience” fee has the same bullshit energy as the fee in the coffee shop in Morocco.