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Old 02-23-2007, 10:41 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by fotze View Post
Exactly, when did it become the norm for businesses to break down the costs of a product into a series of fees so as to attempt to mislead the public.

Are we going to start seeing chocolate bars for 15 cents....plus the 20 cent peanut fee, 30 cent chocolate fee, 25 cent nougat fee, 15 cent quality control (wrapper) fee.

I know this isn't really related to this airport fee but it still peeves me.
I'm with you. Tell me how much I need to shell out. Your advertising of an artificially low amount just ****es me off when I find out the real cost.
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