Hey! Adding a new phone only costs $40 per month. And surprise, that wasn't the whole story because the phone itself costs $500.
Hidden fees. Unexplained charges. These add up to billions in costs to consumers every year.
According to a Consumer Reports survey, about 59 percent of people have been charged hidden fees.
Luckily, for consumers who did complain of hidden fees, two-thirds got a refund.
Here are the top offenders in hidden fees and the percentage of people surveyed who reported them, according to Consumer Reports:
– Telecommunication providers (69 percent)
– Live entertainment and sporting events (44 percent)
– Credit cards (36 percent)
– Car purchases (34 percent)
– Hotel (34 percent)
– Air travel (31 percent)
– Car rental (31 percent)
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.
