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Re:Companies use drip pricing to overcharge consumers by nhchris on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @02:54PM (#34509265)
How is this not textbook false advertising?
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Re:Companies use drip pricing to overcharge consumers by 27153 on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @03:03PM (#34509427)
Looks like the FTC is aware of it but I'm not sure that there have been any regulations against it yet. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/events/2012/05/economics-dri...

According to Wikipedia there were some strongly worded letters sent to some hotel operators... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drip_pricing

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