"Fee Creep" sounds better than "feeling the squeeze".
A place to "vent" about the businesses that are slowly adding more and more charges to our daily lives... for whatever reason.
To kick it off... a few of the latest.
Comcast... Tons of new service fees, including a charge of $60/hr. for home tech service, even if it is their fault.
MagicJack... $12 to $60 added annual fees for 911 service which was free before.
Vonage... The "low use" plan is $9.99/mo., but with taxes and fees is now $16.45.
AlJazeera Live Streaming TV, which was available on Roku, SonyTV, and UTUBE, is now on Cable and Directv... as live channels... but in the premium packages. (I called Directv and they offered the $10 upgrade for a year for $5. Since I'm addicted to Al Jazeera, I took it.) As far as I can tell, the is no more "free" American Al Jazeera.
We've changed banks to avoid some of the "stupid fees", but can see more coming.
NYT online is a subscribe after free 10 articles. The local newspapers all have extra charges for online news, even though we're paying customers.
Free Credit Report... ain't exactly free as you have to give your credit card, which will be billed if you don't cancel in 7 days.
Dormant Debit Card fees coming to the bank near me. Will probably go to "Bluebird".
We don't do air travel, but would be interested to hear about the charges... Can't imagine having to pay for a place to put your feet!
Anyway... these creeping fees for starters...
Anything to add?
A place to "vent" about the businesses that are slowly adding more and more charges to our daily lives... for whatever reason.
To kick it off... a few of the latest.
Comcast... Tons of new service fees, including a charge of $60/hr. for home tech service, even if it is their fault.
MagicJack... $12 to $60 added annual fees for 911 service which was free before.
Vonage... The "low use" plan is $9.99/mo., but with taxes and fees is now $16.45.
AlJazeera Live Streaming TV, which was available on Roku, SonyTV, and UTUBE, is now on Cable and Directv... as live channels... but in the premium packages. (I called Directv and they offered the $10 upgrade for a year for $5. Since I'm addicted to Al Jazeera, I took it.) As far as I can tell, the is no more "free" American Al Jazeera.
We've changed banks to avoid some of the "stupid fees", but can see more coming.
NYT online is a subscribe after free 10 articles. The local newspapers all have extra charges for online news, even though we're paying customers.
Free Credit Report... ain't exactly free as you have to give your credit card, which will be billed if you don't cancel in 7 days.
Dormant Debit Card fees coming to the bank near me. Will probably go to "Bluebird".
We don't do air travel, but would be interested to hear about the charges... Can't imagine having to pay for a place to put your feet!
Anyway... these creeping fees for starters...
Anything to add?
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