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You do. You can ask for it to be removed. You just have to deal with the staff judging you, and a mandatory interrogation from a manager about why.

by vimda 5y ago

travisparker 5y ago
I will be more than happy to explain to the manager's face why I do not appreciate being scammed.
dspillett 5y ago
> You can ask for it to be removed. I will. And I will make sure I remember to add not only that charge, but extra faf in getting it removed, if I ever need to compare the price of that establishment with another in the future. Assuming I don't find out about the extra charge ahead of time of course. I once chose between two endurance running events a week apart (i.e. not enough recovery time between to be able to safely do both) on the basis that the one I nearly picked tried to charge a “payment processing fee” at the last checkout stage that wasn't quoted anywhere else. I checked the other event, no hidden fee, they got my business. The only problem with this comes when everyone is doing it, when it becomes a race to the bottom like the budget airlines which I don't generally even consider dealing with these days. > You just have to deal with the staff judging you, I doubt the staff will judge me. They are not stupid, they know the business is trying to con me into thinking something is cheaper than it is. They know what it is like to be on the receiving end of a con. The business (i.e. its management) may judge me. Fair's fair: I'll be judging them too as soon as I notice the attempted hidden charge. > and a mandatory interrogation from a manager about why. If it feels anything like an interrogation, said management will feel less comfortable than I. Of course, if they ask politely they'll have the situation explained politely. And in any case the time taken will be added to that “faf” consideration when deciding if I ever do business with the firm again.
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You do. You can ask for it to be removed. You just have to deal with the staff judging you, and a mandatory interrogation from a manager about why.

by vimda 5y ago

You do. You can ask for it to be removed. You just have to deal with the staff judging you, and a mandatory interrogation from a manager about why.

travisparker 5y ago

I will be more than happy to explain to the manager's face why I do not appreciate being scammed.

dspillett 5y ago

> You can ask for it to be removed. I will. And I will make sure I remember to add not only that charge, but extra faf in getting it removed, if I ever need to compare the price of that establishment with another in the future. Assuming I don't find out about the extra charge ahead of time of course. I once chose between two endurance running events a week apart (i.e. not enough recovery time between to be able to safely do both) on the basis that the one I nearly picked tried to charge a “payment processing fee” at the last checkout stage that wasn't quoted anywhere else. I checked the other event, no hidden fee, they got my business. The only problem with this comes when everyone is doing it, when it becomes a race to the bottom like the budget airlines which I don't generally even consider dealing with these days. > You just have to deal with the staff judging you, I doubt the staff will judge me. They are not stupid, they know the business is trying to con me into thinking something is cheaper than it is. They know what it is like to be on the receiving end of a con. The business (i.e. its management) may judge me. Fair's fair: I'll be judging them too as soon as I notice the attempted hidden charge. > and a mandatory interrogation from a manager about why. If it feels anything like an interrogation, said management will feel less comfortable than I. Of course, if they ask politely they'll have the situation explained politely. And in any case the time taken will be added to that “faf” consideration when deciding if I ever do business with the firm again.

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