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New EU law requires clear total cost in first view

Deals & Offers by haroldgsm 4 replies 432 views
11 #1

Finally. Twenty years in this business, back when we advertised monthly and billed annually, and nobody batted an eye. Kids these days don't remember the surprise of that first invoice.

The law says total price, all fees, first view. No hiding the setup fee three clicks deep. No "from 2.99" that becomes 8.99 at checkout. Mark my words: half the UK hosts will "comply" with creative interpretation. The other half will actually leave the EU market rather than clean up their pricing.

Watch for the weasel words. "Display" does not mean "readable." Back when we had consumer protection with teeth, this would have been enforced properly.

IPv4, IRC, and irssi — fight me
#2

Price bad. Network okay.

Perkele

#3

U r gonna love this man

Back in my day we had sticker shock AND we liked it :-)

KnownHost still showing "from 2.50" on front page, total is 7.20 at cart. "compliant" they say. Compliant my 56k modem

#4

The law it is good, but the hosts they are clever, non ?

Alors, I find one, the CloudCone, how to say... the total price it is there, but the font it is very small, bon, and grey on white !

"legally displayed" they tell me. Pff. Spaces before punctuation !

#5

What font size counts as "clear" under this law?

wrap it, ship it, pray it

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