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0 pointsarijun3y ago0 comments

It’s in scare quotes because it’s not a fee, it’s just a way of raising the price.

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> it’s just a way of raising the price

All fees are a way of raising a price.

Some fees recoup costs. Some are explicitly for the purpose of getting more money from the buyer without putting it in the list price, and aren't a cost to the dealer at all.

NoSorryCannot3y ago

No, I don't think they are. For example, a credit card processing fee doesn't raise the price of a gallon of gasoline.

There is supposed to be a difference between markup and a fee. We don't have to hash out what exactly the difference is, just observe that there is a difference.

It's a common grift to hide part of the price in unadvertised "fees" so that consumers will have a harder time comparing options but it is just that, a grift. It's deception.

greedo3y ago

Uh, despite the best attempts of credit card companies to hide the fact, their card processing fees do raise the price of gasoline. Before they held as much power over gas retailers, gas stations used to list a cash price and a credit price. The cash price was usually around a nickel cheaper. But now the merchant card agreements prevent having dual pricing (though some businesses try to get away with dual pricing).

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