Fee

In the U.S., mobile phone companies have come under heavy criticism for this anti-competitive practice, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering limits to prevent price gouging, such as requiring the fees to be prorated.

Some banks charge a fee for using tellers in an effort to encourage customers to use automated services instead.

[citation needed] Following the financial crisis of 2007–2008 and legislation passed by Congress, banks modified many credit card agreements with customers.

In the case of self-storage businesses, this negates claims of "only one dollar for the first month" made by Public Storage and others.

A title company or attorney collects a variety of fees in the course of handling the purchase of a house at a closing.

While the extra income may be necessary to prevent bankruptcy, the practice of not including mandatory fees in the stated price is deceptive.

These are supposedly intended to get people to pay rent or other charges on time, but these are sometimes exorbitant, or extremely out of proportion to the amount of money which is late.

They can also add insult to injury for people who have hit hard financial times, making their situation worse.

There are a few other "cost-plus" stores, however, that add about ten percent at checkout, using the lower shelf price to trick consumers into erroneous comparison shopping.

At Food Depot and other smaller low-end chain stores like this, the shelf price may be $1.95, when the shopper will actually be charged $2.15 in the end, in a sort of legalized bait and switch.

If tenants rent for a shorter period, or month-to-month, they are instead charged significantly more per month, and are often denied any promotional deals.

Some mortgage companies also charge early payment penalties if the homeowner pays more than is due in order to reduce the interest owed and to shorten the remaining term of the loan.

This prevents existing residents from being forced to pay in taxes, in addition to already having to put-up with the traffic, noise, and environmental damage of the new development.

For example, Virginia's now-repealed Civil Remedial Fees were actually a tax on drivers with certain kinds of traffic law violations[citation needed].

Generally, all fees except parking are covered under scholarships, whether they are from private, government, or lottery funds.

Services Charge is a type of consumer and additional add-on fee and charge which is in place in Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong restaurants and food outlets to cover the cost of the primary services and all staff costs.

Refusing or declining to disclose to customers an additional services charge is illegal under consumer law.

In normal circumstances in other countries the services fee charges of 10% is included in the price of the meal.

In the United States of America, restaurant add on services charge is optional, because it has a tipping system.

[3][4] Joe Biden has pushed federal agencies to limit junk fees in the United States in 2024 through the FTC, FCC and CFPB.