Originally Posted by
Often1
Putting the wannabes reading Wikipedia aside,
1. You know there's a fee, but you don't do anything to figure it out. Tough.
2. You contract for something and then ask if it's legal. Presume it's legal. Rarely in the USA are contracts overturned, other than in the Court of FT.
1- the burden of figuring out a fee should not lie with a consumer. It should be exactly spelled out. Thats why the legality issue comes to play in part.
2- I didn't contract anywhere to pay a 400 dollar fee. I will leave aside the assertion that contracts are rarely overturned but would state that I have seen otherwise.
Let me add a 3rd because the legality of this is dubious at best. Here I am asked to pay for something for an action I didn't undertake above and beyond the payment for the initial contract. If this is legal can an electronic store charge me 1000 for a 500 dollar TV that I didn't pick up on a timely basis? I would doubt the legality of such a contract even if it was clearly spelled out.