• @donut4ever@lemmy.world
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    502 years ago

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

    • @LetMeEatCake@lemmy.world
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      332 years 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.

      • @donut4ever@lemmy.world
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        62 years 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?

        • @SixTrickyBiscuits@lemmy.world
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          2 years ago

          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.

    • @Xterrestrea1@lemmy.world
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      122 years 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.

    • diglett
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      12 years ago

      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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      12 years ago

      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.