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Brooklyn woman sues Subway, claims Steak & Cheese sandwich in ad has '200% more meat'
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Oh man, seriously, regulations are the only thing keeping people safe or it would be junk fees all the way down. Take wireless phone service in the US right now, the main carriers say you have a rate plan of x, but then they tack on all the taxes and fees they have to pay and pass them onto you, saying they're taxes you have to pay. The price also then varies depending on where you live, in some places the "taxes and fees" can add $15-20/month to a single phone line. Nowhere near the advertised price.
Now, once or twice a year, they also add on new made up "fees" whenever their quarters aren't looking as profitable as they expect, so you'll see another $5/month or $7/month charge tacked on.
Then they don't let you pay your bill with a credit card if you want an "autopay discount" - a discount that used to exist for carriers to encourage people to stop using paper billing.
More and more people are switching to paper billing and mailing in checks just to make those companies have to waste more money/resources for being so dickish.
If they were regulated, they'd be forced to just have a flat price, you could pay with any money, and they'd still be profitable, and the bill would be less confusing.