This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition Final Price Advertising - No Small Print
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A ban on any company or provider to advertise a product or service at a stated price only for that price to increase by use of Add-ons and fee's ending up in a different price than originally advertised.
Examples being RyanAirs pricing policy. this policy should include the following points:
ALL advertised prices should be inclusive of VAT + any booking fee and any other basic compulsary charges.
All booking fees should be a fixed price accross any service or business and fixed by Government
Where businesses have to have latter cost changes due to the nature of the service, that this be presented in the inital advertised cost as a minimum cost example.
This would include a complete ban on advistising a price with the (excluding VAT)
People deserve the right to a clear pricing policy.
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