FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices

Re:FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices by t0mas88 on Thursday December 19, 2024 @04:59PM (#42466132)

Probably indeed a US liability thing. The FTC-like agency in my country publishes standard letters for this and a tool on their website to find the right letter or generate it based on some input.

We still get the same consumer-hostile practices from companies, but usually they give up if you send them one of those letters.

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Re:FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices by calmbonsai on Thursday December 19, 2024 @10:57PM (#42468150)

You're correct. I've lived in Germany and the UK where this sort of thing just doesn't exist and the sheer cost-of-doing-business in those countries obviates away this sort of stuff into "noise".

One thing about the U.S. is this sort of liability also has a huge gamut depending almost entirely on which actual U.S. state the transaction is done.

However, there's also likewise a huge gamut between what's technically actionable versus what's practicable with jurisprudence. Europe has an entirely different notion of "legal fees".

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Re:FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices by anticensor on Friday December 20, 2024 @12:15PM (#42472855)

English rule thrives.

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