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I’m ashamed to see that my state senator, Aisha Wahab, voted YES on this measure to let car dealers in #California add up to $500 of junk fees on cars purchases.

#cars #gouging #junkFees

https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/06/california-car-dealer-fees/

Here's your California Legislature voting...in overwhelmingly bipartisan fashion...to allow car dealers to pick your pocket with more #JunkFees.

I'll save you the read and share the relevant part here:
"The California New Car Dealers Association has donated at least $2.9 million to lawmakers since 2015"

The article also has a handy table showing how reps voted, alongside the amount of money they've taken from the industry. Plenty of cowardly "No Vote Recorded" entries in there too...

https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/06/california-car-dealer-fees/

After years of lawsuits and outrage from musicians and fans alike, Ticketmaster has started showing at-face prices for events in compliance with new “junk fee” rules in the U.S. Read more from @CBSNews
https://flip.it/VTTL3q
#Ticketmaster #Concerts #JunkFees #Music #Shows #US

The Guardian: UK bans £2.2bn ‘sneaky’ fees and fake reviews for online products. “Sneaky fees that are estimated to cost consumers £2.2bn a year are to be banned from today under new consumer protection laws. Businesses, including travel websites, ticket agencies and food delivery apps, will be required to include any mandatory fees in the headline price. Research has found these fees […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/07/the-guardian-uk-bans-2-2bn-sneaky-fees-and-fake-reviews-for-online-products/

The order, mostly directs federal agencies to enforce EXISTING laws! Thanks to and marking a rare instance of policy crossover with the administration of President #JoeBiden, who used the FTC to target #JunkFees or levies tacked on at the end of the purchase process. youtu.be/kuSObtk7e4M?...

UNHINGED Trump Presser Ends in...

Massachusetts finalized new regulations for auto-renewing subscriptions and “junk fees”, going beyond the requirements of other state laws. View the highlights of the new obligations in our latest blog post: #AutoRenewal #JunkFees #Subscriptions

https://www.zwillgen.com/ftc-state-ag/massachusetts-finalizes-auto-renewal-junk-fees-regulations

live look at #a16z’s #MarcAndreessen after killing off the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (#CFPB), making sure americans will be paying extortionate junk fees and usurious interest rates on payday loans in addition to having zero protection from crypto scams:

#uspol #DOGE #elonmusk #finreg #banking #junkfees #paydaylending #paydaylender #corruption #broligarch #broligarchy #broligarchs #nerdreich #banksLivesMatter

photo of marc andreessen with the quote "Banks' lives matter."

"[Tom] Krause is a private equity looter. He's the guy who basically invented the playbook for PE takeovers of large #tech companies... converting their businesses from selling things to renting them out, loading them up with #JunkFees, slashing quality, jacking up prices over and over, and firing everyone who was good at their jobs. He is a master enshittifier, an enshittification ninja."
- @pluralistic

https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/07/broccoli-hair-brownshirts/

#TomKrause #Enshittification #Musk #Coup #Treasury #Politics #US

Text from article:
But for me, it was Tkacik – as usual – in the pages of The American Prospect who pulled it all together in a way that finally made it make sense, transforming the blitzkreig Muskian chaos into a recognizable playbook. While most of the coverage of Musk's wrecking crew has focused on the broccoli-haired Gen Z brownshirts who are wilding through the server rooms at giant, critical government agencies, Tkacik homes in on their boss, Tom Krause, whom she memorably dubs "the Fagin figure leading Elon Musk’s merry band of pubescent sovereignty pickpockets" (I told you she was a great writer!):

https://prospect.org/power/2025-02-06-private-equity-hatchet-man-leading-lost-boys-of-doge/

Krause is a private equity looter. He's the guy who basically invented the playbook for PE takeovers of large tech companies, from Broadcom to Citrix to VMWare, converting their businesses from selling things to renting them out, loading them up with junk fees, slashing quality, jacking up prices over and over, and firing everyone who was good at their jobs. He is a master enshittifier, an enshittification ninja.

#CFPB Sues #Walmart and #BranchMessenger for Illegally Opening #DepositAccounts for More Than One Million #DeliveryDrivers

@walmart and #Branch harvested more than $10 million in #junkfees through Walmart’s #SparkDriver program

https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-sues-walmart-and-branch-messenger-for-illegally-opening-deposit-accounts-for-more-than-one-million-delivery-drivers/

CFPB sues Walmart & Branch Messenger

▪️illegally opened bank accounts for > 1M delivery drivers earning Walmart & Branch $10MM in junk fees

⭐ Reminder:
Trump will do all he can to limit CFPB's pro-consumer work. Please show them some ❤️ !

🌐 https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-sues-walmart-and-branch-messenger-for-illegally-opening-deposit-accounts-for-more-than-one-million-delivery-drivers/

#CFPB #consumer #protection #finance #law #fintech #junkfees @legaltech

The FTC has finalized a new rule aimed at curbing deceptive pricing practices in the live-event ticketing and short-term lodging industries #justice #FTC #JunkFees #consumerprotection
https://newsmeapp.com/yes-its-true-ftc-announced-final-junk-fees-rule-to-protect-consumers-from-hidden-costs-in-ticketing-and-lodging/

You Won't Believe The Programs SLASHED From Spending Bill

https://youtu.be/E4467o8NQPw?si=UtEnxWpPVKHw5qEB

The Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program has been stripped in the latest scaled-down spending bill. Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola and David Shuster discuss on The Young Turks.

#Cancer #KidsFirst #GabriellaMiller #PediatricResearch #TYT #Politics #DonaldTrump #elonmusk #TheYoungTurks #Deepfakes #RevengePorn #FoodStamps #JunkFees #Internet #OverpricedInternet

Bring these up at holiday dinners to educate folks about the need for consumer protection:

▪️ hotel booking & event ticket fees banned by FTC

▪️overdraft & credit card late fees lowered by CFPB

▪️airline seating fees ban proposed by DOT

▪️internet service fee disclosure rules required by FCC

🌐 https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/12/17/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-ftc-banning-hidden-junk-fees/

#consumer #corporations #greed #Biden #junkfees

I can’t stop laughing about this. We sure got suckered by the Dems.

Ending Junk fees never meant ending the Junk fees, it just meant hiding them from you so you don’t realize you’re getting ripped off.

But isn’t it wonderful that people who can afford to go on vacation won’t know how much they’re actually paying for their vacation and how much is just fees?? No more salting the vibes by seeing how much you’re getting ripped off! Now you’ll never know!! Wheee!!

Think of how much the C suite will save in administrative assistant wages now! (as if those parasites ever saw the total price and said nah)

I’m so delighted that Biden’s legacy is helping mega corporations scam people more easily, just in time for dynamic pricing to show up. Suite. Thanks Biden! Now how about that #ERA? No?

#JunkFees #FJB

On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission ended the bait and switch tactics by hotels and ticket sellers who advertise one price, but pad the final bill with hidden junk fees. This spells an end to hidden 'resort," 'convenience,' and
'service' fees, and requires up-front total pricing - making true comparison shopping and competition a reality.
The FTC estimates the new rule will save consumers 53 million hours of time each year in comparison shopping for tickets and hotel rooms, since you'll know the real price before you reach the checkout window. Imagine that!

"The Junk Fees Rule will ensure that pricing information is presented in a timely, transparent, and truthful way to consumers of live-event tickets and short-term lodging, two industries whose pricing practices the Commission has studied in particular. Consumers searching for hotels or vacation rentals or seats at a show or sporting event will no longer be surprised by a pile of “resort,” “convenience,” or “service” fees inflating the advertised price. By requiring up-front disclosure of total price including fees, the rule will make comparison shopping easier, resulting in savings for consumers and leveling the competitive playing field.

The Commission launched this rulemaking in 2022 by requesting public input on whether a rule could help eliminate unfair and deceptive pricing tactics. After receiving more than 12,000 comments on how hidden and misleading fees affected personal spending and competition, the FTC announced a proposed rule in October 2023 and invited a second round of comments. The Commission received more than 60,000 additional comments which it considered in developing the final rule announced today."

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/12/federal-trade-commission-announces-bipartisan-rule-banning-junk-ticket-hotel-fees

#USA #FTC #JunkFees #Hotels #Tourism #Tickets

The US FTC issues long-awaited rules requiring companies to display the full price of hotels, concert tickets, and more upfront, eliminating hidden "junk fees." 💸🏨🎟️ #FTC #ConsumerRights #JunkFees #PriceTransparency #TechNews #BusinessRegulation #Hotels #ConcertTickets #FairPricing #USRegulations

@rbreich
You asked for examples of #JunkFees: My apartment complex has become the master of them.

All in the past year (after 20+ years):
o $500 (once per-pet) non-refundable pet "deposit".
o $30/m "Pet Rent"
o $50 (once) for a "Pet Screening" (WHETHER YOU OWN A PET OR NOT.)
o $60/m for covered parking
WE must pay $15/m for THEIR insurance (NOT Renters Insurance, which I also pay voluntarily.)

My lease says my rent is $865/m, but I *pay* well over $1,000/m after all their "fees" are added in.