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dtech on Feb 11, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Booking.com is moving its customer service staff t...

It's a real-life dark pattern. The benefits of showing the price with taxes for consumers vastly outweigh the minor problems for stores, other than makes them look cheaper.

nottorp on Feb 11, 2022 [–]

I'd call it "fraud". The store is basically hiding the real price from me.

Are there "service charges" too? :)

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