Comments on: The great swindle: industries who rip us off http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/09/23/the-great-swindle-industries-who-rip-us-off/ Everything to do with thickening your wallet Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Tyler http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/09/23/the-great-swindle-industries-who-rip-us-off/comment-page-1/#comment-17129 Tyler Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:20:41 +0000 http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/?p=424#comment-17129 Canada Customs drive me nuts. When they charge me duty on a parcel they charge me a $5 handling fee. Once again being charged to pay them. Canada Customs drive me nuts. When they charge me duty on a parcel they charge me a $5 handling fee. Once again being charged to pay them.

]]> By: admin http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/09/23/the-great-swindle-industries-who-rip-us-off/comment-page-1/#comment-17046 admin Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:08:40 +0000 http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/?p=424#comment-17046 45free.com- CRTC has ruled in the past that cell phone companies have to return illegal access fees. Most class action lawsuits get settled if they are certified to commence as a class action suit so I am not sure how many of them are made public but the fact they seem to happen so often to cell phones tends to tell you something. 45free.com- CRTC has ruled in the past that cell phone companies have to return illegal access fees. Most class action lawsuits get settled if they are certified to commence as a class action suit so I am not sure how many of them are made public but the fact they seem to happen so often to cell phones tends to tell you something.

]]> By: 45free.com http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/09/23/the-great-swindle-industries-who-rip-us-off/comment-page-1/#comment-17041 45free.com Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:05:23 +0000 http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/?p=424#comment-17041 What ever came of the suit against the cell phone companies about the access fee? I remember when I got my first phone that it was definitely suggested that it was a government fee (which it of course never was). SAF is a cash grab plain and simple. As for cable companies, once you pay for the Russian midget body art school channel to get CNBC, they go and move the station you wanted to digital so you need a new box for every tv you want to watch on. What ever came of the suit against the cell phone companies about the access fee? I remember when I got my first phone that it was definitely suggested that it was a government fee (which it of course never was). SAF is a cash grab plain and simple. As for cable companies, once you pay for the Russian midget body art school channel to get CNBC, they go and move the station you wanted to digital so you need a new box for every tv you want to watch on.

]]> By: admin http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/09/23/the-great-swindle-industries-who-rip-us-off/comment-page-1/#comment-17028 admin Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:36:56 +0000 http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/?p=424#comment-17028 Potato my account charges me per transaction which includes deposits. Potato my account charges me per transaction which includes deposits.

]]> By: Nelson http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/09/23/the-great-swindle-industries-who-rip-us-off/comment-page-1/#comment-17027 Nelson Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:19:02 +0000 http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/?p=424#comment-17027 I'll respond to this the same way I respond to people constantly complaining about the price of gas. If you're really getting ripped off soooooo much, maybe you should buy shares in the company. Shouldn't it be a great investment if they rip people off? Plus, dividends every quarter sure does help relieve the pain. Saying that, of course it irritates me that I have to pay fuel surcharges, system access fees or bank fees. But I think as investors, we have to take a step back and see whether the companies charging the fees can get away with charging them forever, or if there's room for an upstart to slip in on their territory. Maybe we should spend more time figuring out how to profit from "gouging" companies, and less time complaining about them. Nelson www.nocommunism.ca I’ll respond to this the same way I respond to people constantly complaining about the price of gas. If you’re really getting ripped off soooooo much, maybe you should buy shares in the company. Shouldn’t it be a great investment if they rip people off? Plus, dividends every quarter sure does help relieve the pain.

Saying that, of course it irritates me that I have to pay fuel surcharges, system access fees or bank fees. But I think as investors, we have to take a step back and see whether the companies charging the fees can get away with charging them forever, or if there’s room for an upstart to slip in on their territory.

Maybe we should spend more time figuring out how to profit from “gouging” companies, and less time complaining about them.

Nelson
http://www.nocommunism.ca

]]> By: Potato http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/09/23/the-great-swindle-industries-who-rip-us-off/comment-page-1/#comment-17026 Potato Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:02:34 +0000 http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/?p=424#comment-17026 The thing that really burned my biscuit on the Toronto plate levy is that the surtax was almost as much as the provincial fee to begin with! For airlines (and cell phone companies), I also don't like that they artificially separate out some charges. Ok, a baggage and soft-drink fee, at least you can opt out of those... but tell me how I'm going to fly if I don't pay for fuel or the airport fee? Why not just roll those into the ticket prices? What bank are you with that's charging you for deposits?! (or transactions at all) Even when I was paying for ATMs, they never charged me for a deposit! At least for the APA, PDI is negotiable in Canada, which really surprised me. The thing that really burned my biscuit on the Toronto plate levy is that the surtax was almost as much as the provincial fee to begin with!

For airlines (and cell phone companies), I also don’t like that they artificially separate out some charges. Ok, a baggage and soft-drink fee, at least you can opt out of those… but tell me how I’m going to fly if I don’t pay for fuel or the airport fee? Why not just roll those into the ticket prices?

What bank are you with that’s charging you for deposits?! (or transactions at all) Even when I was paying for ATMs, they never charged me for a deposit!

At least for the APA, PDI is negotiable in Canada, which really surprised me.

]]> By: Traciatim http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/09/23/the-great-swindle-industries-who-rip-us-off/comment-page-1/#comment-17025 Traciatim Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:23:06 +0000 http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/?p=424#comment-17025 Cable/Satellite TV/Digital TV stations. We've had the technology to do a per channel subscription model for years. Why do I have to buy the aboriginal space traveler holistic lunch channel just because I want BNN? Cable/Satellite TV/Digital TV stations. We’ve had the technology to do a per channel subscription model for years. Why do I have to buy the aboriginal space traveler holistic lunch channel just because I want BNN?

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