Maybe I’m late to the game, but what’s up with all the $2 service charges these days?
Last night, I ordered pizza and had to pay $2.50 for it to be delivered. I was not pleased since I was already way overpaying (because what I want NEVER fits into one of the discount deals). I was told I didn’t have to tip if I really didn’t want to. Right. If I’m going to stiff someone, I don’t think it’ll be the person who knows my address.
Then I just spent a ridiculous two hours dealing with my car tags. Fine, blame me for waiting till the last day. But they don’t even supply chairs for those renewing anymore. Further, the clerk (when I finally made it to the front of the line) told me in no uncertain snippy terms that I had to pay $2 for the privilege of standing in said line.
Well, I think I’m going to start charging, too. OK, pizza place, if you still want my business, you’ll have to pay me $2 every time one of your coupons doesn’t apply to me.
Car tag rudeness? That’ll be $2.
Check-out clerk who opens a new line but doesn’t take the next person already in line? I’m gonna need $2.50 for that.
I get that things are expensive. They are for everyone. But I’m seriously so ticked off at the money — and I’m not even a cheapskate — and hassle I’ve had over the last day that I’m rethinking a few things. If I start tailoring my purchases, trust me, it’s going to take a lot more than $2 for a business to make up the difference.
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Boeing Credit Union ATMs charge a $3 (!!!) fee to non-members. I haven’t seen one that high before. And since BoA charges me $2 to use a non-BoA ATM, that’s $5 I’m paying for the privilege of accessing my own money.
Is there a reason that businesses are tacking on all kinds of extra fees rather than increasing the base cost of their products? Why not make the pizza cost $2.50 more? It seems like the nickel-and-dime approach calls more attention to the increased overall cost.
katie, go out to Las Vegas, ATM’s there were charging $4 or more. That was 7 years ago.
Try at an amusement park. $9 ATM fee inside Universal Studios. This was about 10 years ago. And that didn’t include the fee that my bank was going to charge me for using an ATM outside of their network.
The Eagle reported that there was going to be a delivery charge for pizza delivery from several companies. So we knew that. And aren’t you married to Joe Stumpe? Why are you getting pizza from someone else when you have Joe? HA.