Need this nationwide. I hate having fees added on to the price of what I’m ordering.
That’s what pisses me off, if the consumer knows what they’ll actually have to pay they won’t buy.
They are arguing that they should be able to lie to the consumer and trick them. They think the consumer shouldn’t be informed to make a decision on what is right for them. And once again, they are putting the business before the customer.
Isn’t this literally bait and switch?
No.
“Bait and switch” is the advertising of a product without the bona fide intention to sell it, for the purpose of establishing contact with a prospective customer in order to induce or “switch” him to purchase another product.
https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/Bait-Switch.pdf
From the same source, further down
The existence of bait and switch schemes may also be evidenced by the following factors: whether in fact there were a significant number of sales of the advertised product at the advertised price;
Adding on hidden taxes and fees is debatably not providing the advertised price. Maybe? I don’t know.
