FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices

Re:FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices by paulryanrogers on Tuesday December 17, 2024 @07:55PM (#42447129)

Class action suits may be easier, if only arbitration was opt-in-by-default or easier to opt out of.

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Re:FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices by mrguyorama on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @03:08PM (#42454500)

Class action is an utter joke that has done nothing more than FURTHER commodify harming consumers for a price.

If a company sends you a $2 check ten years after they recognize a profit from defrauding you or lying to you or harming you, that's not a punishment, and is certainly not an incentive to not do those things.

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Re:FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices by AlchemistCamp on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @04:23PM (#42455412)

I think they punish companies to a considerable degree. It's just that since legal costs on both sides are non-trivial, not much makes it to the harmed consumers.

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Re:FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices by zeagle on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @09:53PM (#42457936)

In practice they serve to enrich lawyers and that’s about it.

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Re:FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices by shitlord on Thursday December 19, 2024 @06:35PM (#42466875)

That's not true. They also enrich the lawyers' preferred nonprofit organizations.

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