Payback: List of Fees Customers should be able to Charge Businesses
MYM Fee: If I go to the ATM and it’s out of order, the bank owes me $2.75
MYM Fee: If I choose to print a ticket from my computer with my paper and ink, then Ticketmaster owes me a $5.00 processing fee.
MYM Fee: If I bring my own carry on luggage on a flight, put all of my liquids in little zip lock bag, take off my shoes, get a full body scan, leave 2 hours prior to my flight, pay $30 to check my bag (each way), pay $50 to park my car at the airport, and cannot use my phone in mid-air, then the airline owes me a free beer fee.
MYM Fee: If the Metro in Washington, DC can now charge me a peak of the peak charge, I can charge metro a peak away from the peak discount.
MYM Fee: If I buy an item on eBay and I’m charged $15.00 for shipping and when the item arrives with a postage stamp of $1.50, I can charge the seller a $13.50 greedy fee.
MYM Fee: If virtually every company can charge me a late fee on any payment for anything, then I can charge them a paid you back early fee.
MYM Fee: If an airline can charge me $150 to change my flight, I can charge the airline a your welcome somebody just purchased my seat at the last minute for way more than I did fee.
MYM Fee: If an airline can charge me a fee for requesting an isle seat, then I can charge them a this sucks for sitting in the middle seat fee.
MYM Fee: If a hotel can charge me a $15 fee just for looking at the mini bar, then I can charge the hotel $15 for replacing everything I drank from the liquor store across the street fee.
MYM Fee: If cell phone company can charge me a fee on each text message I go over on my plan, then I can charge the cell phone company for each text message I’m under on my plan fee.
MYM Fee: If a company ever charges a surcharge fee for any reason, then I can charge a for what fee of equal value.
MYM Fee: If I have to pay thousands of dollars in fees in closing costs when buying a home, then I can charge the realtor, the state, the lawyer, and the title company a I don’t know what the hell I’m signing fee.
MYM Fee: If a prepay a bill and a company (probably a bank) uses my extra payment and invests it for profit, they then owe me half of the earnings, plus a loan closing cost fee for the rest of the earnings.
MYM Fee: If a credit card company can charge me a yearly fee just to have the card with them, then I can charge them a yearly fee just for having me as a customer.
MYM Fee: If a bank can charge me a bad deposit fee on a check that bounces when I go to deposit it in my account, I can charge them a how am I supposed to know that the person that wrote this check has no money fee.
MYM Fee: If a credit card company can charge me a fee to transfer a balance to a new account, thus giving them all of the interest money that will ultimately come from the transfer, then I can charge the credit card company a making money off my money that I didn’t have then and still don’t have now fee.
MYM Fee: If a credit card company can charge me a fee for going over my limit, then I can charge a credit card company for setting my limit so low in the first place fee.
MYM Fee: If a credit card company can charge me a same day billing fee, then I can charge the credit card company a your welcome for paying you today fee.
MYM Fee: If mutual funds can charge me a yearly percentage fee for “managing” the fund, then I can charge the mutual fund fee for managing my fund into the ground fee.
MYM Fee: If a grocery store can charge me a 5 cent per bag fee, then I can refuse bags and they can carry all of the my items to my car one-by-one fee.
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Comments
Interesting article and quite apt in many cases. It’s amazing that so many businesses do try and take advantage of their customers.
I would like to add. If a company insist on leaving their fake newspaper on your driveway or stuff on your door despite your numerous request to stop you should be able to charge a $20.00 trash removal fee.
Or bring your own shopping bag. It’s economical as well as environment-friendly.