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FCC says “too bad” to ISPs complaining that listing every fee is too hard (arstechnica.com)
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Aww ... poor little ISPs.

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

It's actually only a few things. The vast majority of the goods we purchase are clearly priced. Most states (and some local jurisdictions like big cities) do have sales tax applied to purchases of non-essential goods, but those rates are generally much lower than the national sales taxes in most European countries.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Sales tax is the most obvious example of adding to the cost I've been shown, but it's everything. Here if there is a price on something that is the price you pay. Period.
    If I have €5 and the price on the shelf is €4.90 we are all good, and I don't even need to know what country I'm in!

    But is is more than that, if I take my car in to be fixed, they have to agree every cost they want to charge me in advance at no point can anything cost me more than I expected and agreed to up front.
    Airline tickets, theatre tickets, hospital bills, TV ads, you name it, the price they state or advertise is what I pay, no ifs-no buts.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Bragging <.< Trying to make us all jelly.

    Or jam, or marmite, or whatever bread-spread-stuff.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think they spread tea on crumpets or something

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I'm seeing it more and more. Little "processing fees" here and there, some tied to COVID, some tied to credit cards. There needs to be a clap-back against this behavior.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago*

    The number of places trying to suddenly add or expect an 18% tip or something infuriates me.

    Like, why the fuck are you making me suddenly opt out of an 18% tip, Subway? What the fuck would that be for? And after your prices have gone up like 50% in 3 years already??

    And I'm sure a bunch of morons pay it, which is why more and more places are pushing it.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    How about a "convenience fee" for making an online payment. Why should I pay a fee to make the transaction more convenient for the company who no longer has to pay an employee to take the payment in person?

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's not about having a sales tax applied to some or all goods or about how much that'd be. It's about not listing the final price including the tax right until you're supposed to pay for it. How dumb is that?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I love oregon, no sales tax so the listed price is the price. Now all these idiots moved here and are making changes as to why this place was nice. Like trying to implement a sales tax and getting rid of the urban growth boundary

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Just responded above about the downside of all income being taxed at far higher rates than sales tax. That said, my god the amount of ink we spilled on the Ashland UGB.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's why you live in Vancouver and shop in Portland! No income tax or sales tax!

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago

    My college roommate was from Washougal. He taught me the even finer art of retaining all deposit items in Seattle for my next visit, at which time I'd pop over the 5 bridge first and then show up with an empty car.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's actually almost everything unless you live in one of the 4 States without sales tax.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Which, in the case of Oregon, means income tax rivaling federal, and you're paying that on rent. The money always comes from somewhere, and I despised it far more than I worried about coming up with $1.07 for a 99-cent burger.

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