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Why don’t service providers tell you what it costs? In this mobile post, I inveigh against the practice of hiding one’s prices coyly, like the menu at an expensive restaurant.
Posted by Glennf at May 13, 2008 11:31 AM
Categories: Financial
The reason that the vendors obfuscate their rates is to make it next to impossible to compare one company's offerings with another. It is a well known ploy, played by companies around the world, and has often been commented on by consumer associations. Hidden fees, so called 'rate caps' which are actually minimum charges; charges that look like a tax but that 'aren't a Government tax'; obscene download charges that are quoted 'per kilobyte'.....it just goes on and on!
Posted by: Mike at May 14, 2008 2:23 AM