Jump to content

Everything is Shit: Tracking the Great Enshittening

956 Worldwide

By 956 Worldwide
in Daily Texan

 Share

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 1.7k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Popular Posts

Brisketexan
Brisketexan

3.  Shaggybevo.  Truly the most enshittened enterprise in intergoogles history. Literally a scat site. How you left that off the list, I'll never understand.

hayden_horn
hayden_horn

so i've been meaning to make a post about this. i've likened it the great chiseling. i think that's where we are. i feel like everything described in this thread is very true and depressing

HenryJames
HenryJames

Posted Images

Brisketexan

Brisketexan 105,041

Posted
Posted
5 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

Who sets the standards for the private contractor to bid on?  It's not hands off, I guarantee you.

I agree.  That's my point.  The standards are set by people who are likewise following the "profits over everything, at the expense of everything" model.  And, with increasing frequency, those criteria are being written so the "winning bidder" will be the brother-in-law of a senior official or whatnot.  All while trumpeting how "the private sector just does this better."  Sure, because we've killed the concept of "function of the government, performed for the public good" from the equation.  Again, the point -- and what should be the goal -- is "balance."

  • Hook 'Em 1
  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Iceman

Iceman 2,690

Posted
Posted
4 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Yep.  Like....every single ticket for every event that you can buy, which MUST be purchased through a single vendor.  Thanks, SeatGeek...super pumped that you found me tickets for the concert for $90, but when I check out and the total cost is $175 because of added "convenience fee" and "paperless ticket fee," and "because our name has 'geek' in it fee," fuck all the way off.

"Convenience fees" are what make me laugh/ shrug my shoulders on those transactions.  I purchased online so your overhead is cheaper than fuck and you don't have to pay someone to constantly staff a booth/ ticket office; but hey here's a $19.95 convenience fee for making it so convenient for us, the vendor.

  • Hook 'Em 1
  • Rage+1 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Captainant

Captainant 27,619

Posted
Posted
Just now, Iceman said:

"Convenience fees" are what make me laugh/ shrug my shoulders on those transactions.  I purchased online so your overhead is cheaper than fuck and you don't have to pay someone to constantly staff a booth/ ticket office; but hey here's a $19.95 convenience fee for making it so convenient for us, the vendor.

It's their monopoly fee

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Iceman

Iceman 2,690

Posted
Posted
4 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

Do they charge for parking if you Uber or park off site? Then yes it’s enshitification

 

Do they charge only if you park there? If so, that’s charging you for a service you are using. And standard operating procedure for a hundred years. 

If it's NYC or somewhere that people can access it by mass transit, then yes, I agree with you.  In the examples I shared, every fucking customer is parking.  Put the cost of parking in the cost of the room and go.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Firemans4Horn

Firemans4Horn 18,034

Posted
Posted
7 minutes ago, Iceman said:

If it's NYC or somewhere that people can access it by mass transit, then yes, I agree with you.  In the examples I shared, every fucking customer is parking.  Put the cost of parking in the cost of the room and go.


I’m staying at a hotel in downtown OKC tonight. Garage parking is $20, valet parking is $35 and parking on the street next to the hotel is free as long as I park after 5 and move my car by 9am. 
 

I’m parking on the street. 🤷

  • Hook 'Em 1
  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Iceman

Iceman 2,690

Posted
Posted
12 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

Every fee is just a “because we can” fee. It is literally every businesses mission in life to dig as deep into your pocket as possible.

You guys act like you are new to this world.

That's fair too.  Your assessment... not necessarily the fees.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Fudge Nuggets

Fudge Nuggets 19,184

Posted
Posted (edited)
2 hours ago, Iceman said:

No.  Total cost isn't my problem, except that I feel they should be more explicit about the total cost.

If I go to Target and get a $12.99 shirt, I expect sales tax at the register.  When i go to a restaurant, I expect both sales tax and to pay a tip.  My complaint about this parking fee is that it is just plain bullshit for no added service.  The parking lot exists whether I am there or not.  It is not covered, nor is the vendor providing security. It is not valet. It is just straight up margin enhancement.  My beef is that they should just reflect it in their initial price quote when you are shopping for the room.

To be honest, the $3fee in Mankato pissed me off for just the principle involved.  I was looking at my receipt a few days later and i was like, "Really bitches???  In that freaking wide open place?"  this coming from a dude who hails from wide open spaces of all wide open spaces in West Texas. Coming soon:  electricity access fee.  I mean, they gave me lights, it should cost more for them to actually work, right?
 

My complaint absolutely fits the spirit of this thread.

You could always park somewhere else.  Or the good old, "Nothing stopping you from opening your own parking lot business."  That's always a laugher.

ETA:  I agree all these add ons are a pain in the ass.  I'm just winding up ol' Slorch.

Edited by Fudge Nuggets
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Pescado_Rojo

Pescado_Rojo 19,412

Posted
Posted
3 minutes ago, tbone_ said:


Recent business trip to Denver, hotel receipt had 9 additional fee/tax line items. Including $65/night for valet parking. Total was 175% of the base room rate.

New Orleans is the king of this. City room tax, parish room tax, convention tax (not here for a convention? fuck you, pay me), hotel fee, state room tax, parking, parking tax, you're probably going to drink four hurricanes and puke in your bed cleaning tax.........

Link to comment
Share on other sites
tbone_

tbone_ 14,105

Posted
Posted
Just dispute every itemized charge and make them prove you utilized it or demand that they remove it.

That’s a good use of time. Arguing the city ordinance mandated historic preservation fee, lodgers tax, state tax, tourism tax, destination amenity fee, etc etc.
Link to comment
Share on other sites
DigglerontheHoof

DigglerontheHoof 21,168

Posted
Posted
On 11/19/2024 at 9:43 AM, Iceman said:

Parking at hotels. 
Last week in Mankato, Mn; outdoor regular self parking at a Fairfield/ HIExpress/ Hampton type property- $3

This week in LA at similar property, outdoor, self park, no extra security- $ 25 

 

there is literally no extra service being provided. It is 100% margin enhancement. Just put it in the price of the fucking room.

Had meetings in Carlsbad, CA a few weeks ago and stayed at a Courtyard Marriott.  It was located in a business district w/ plenty of parking.  $15/day for my rental car. 

  • Rage+1 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Biff Tannen

Biff Tannen 45,660

Posted
Posted
14 hours ago, Incredulity said:

he is arguing against the itemization/surcharge/resort fee bullshit that has infected damn near every transaction.  It's fundamentally dishonest to advertise something as $89 then add on a $40 resort fee, $25 parking fee, $20 service fee...for a real price of $174

That commie paradise of California has outlawed this practice.  As of July 1, 2024, all online upfront prices must include all service fees.  

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing


Football ... Basketball ... Baseball ... Other Sports ... Futbol ... 🤫995🤫 ... Gambling ... Movies & TV ... Music ... Hobbies ... Lulz ... Food & Travel ... Daily Texan ... Business and Markets ... Cloak Room ... Help ... For Sale ... Board Discussion ... Subscribe!... Donate!... Advertise... COOKIE MONSTER!

×
×
  • Create New...