MSE News: Budget airlines get kicking over card surcharges

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"The OFT has today responded to the Which? super-complaint about excessive charges for paying by credit and debit card"
"The OFT has today responded to the Which? super-complaint about excessive charges for paying by credit and debit card"
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Agreed
They have been ordered to make their charges clearer on the first page instead of having to wait until the checkout pages when the charges are added on.
So basically, the charges remain, but they have to be shown sooner better.
You have missed a bit, as more than that has happened (though it is a bit confusing) - whilst the longer term aim is to get the government to change the law (which takes time as it has to go through Parliament etc), in the shorter term the OFT are looking at using some existing regulations to get retailers in the transport sector to play along.
From the executive summary of the full OFT response to the super-complaint (part of paragraph 1.23, pages 9 & 10):
More on this OFT webpage, including a link to download the full 74 page response document:
www.oft.gov.uk/OFTwork/markets-work/super-complaints/which
Not so - the OFT are looking at using existing powers to stop debit card surcharges - see my reply above.
Check out the difference between the price presentation when starting the same booking between ryanair.com (UK) and ryanair.com (DK) and ryanair.com (ES)
It's similar to free postage & packing when you buy online. Consumers want free postage & packing. This does not mean postage & packing is free. It just means that traders include the cost of p&p in the advertised sale price and say free p&p.
I was thinking about the Flightchecker on this website and had a look at it just now. I don't think it includes credit/debit card charges in the prices it advertises.
The most interesting thing about the OFT's statement was that it notes how when consumers aren't paying cash companies can be very deceptive about prices especially online.
Here's a question for you.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Diesel-Pullover-sweater-K-RABBI-SIZE/dp/B004EFRM9Y/ref=sr_1_4?s=outlet&ie=UTF8&qid=1309279743&sr=1-4
Why is this price displayed as £79.95 - £7,995.00 Sale: £49.00
It's very expensive paying for bodies like Which? and the OFT when if consumers would just ignore obviously fake bait pricing then companies would stop advertising them.