There’s something fishy afoot — but this renter is not taking the bait. Refusing to be reeled in by her slippery landlord’s apparent money grab, an outraged tenant is virtually deep-frying her property owners for attempting to hook her with a pricey “pet fee” for a tanked goldfish. “Tell me why my mother f- -king apartment complex tried … Read more
Uber is adding a new task to its list of services: mailing consumers’ return packages. The ride-hailing and delivery company said Wednesday that its drivers will collect up to five prepaid and sealed packages and drop them off at a local post office or at UPS or FedEx stores. Uber will charge a flat fee … Read more
I scream, you scream, we all scream for extra fees! A woman named Chiara was shocked to be charged a euro — about $1 — for requesting an extra spoon so she could share her ice cream cup. She had popped into Gelateria Serafini in the town of Lavis in northern Italy to enjoy a … Read more
Disgraziade. A traveler in Italy took to the internet to vent after noticing he’d been slapped with a surprise 2 euro surcharge at a restaurant in the upscale Lake Como region — for having his sandwich cut in half. The unnamed man, visiting from nearby Milan, had ordered a vegetarian sandwich — with french fries … Read more
A “Burger World” restaurant waitress in North Bay, Ontario, admitted she charged one customer a $50 booth rental fee for sitting at the establishment for several hours. Tiffany Elsie, who goes by @tiffanyelsie.e1 on TikTok, posted the 19-second clip on July 8, which accumulated more than 442,100 views. “POV: You’re a waitress and someone has been sitting … Read more
It’ll be one of those high school stories this student will tell for ages. A Nebraska high school student said she didn’t get her diploma at graduation because of an unpaid $15 laptop repair fee. Ellie McCormick revealed the upsetting moment in a viral TikTok she posted, where the graduate held up a pink-colored paper … Read more
BRB, just going to Costco because we just found out you can shop there without a membership!? Who would have thunk? The bulk-buying supermarket is almost synonymous with its $60/year fee, but one savvy TikToker has now let the world in on a little-known fact. You don’t actually have to fork out anything in order to gain access to … Read more
They finally closed the book on this case. A British library waived a $52,400 fee for a book that had been overdue — for 58 years. In 1964, then-17-year-old David Hickman checked out “The Law for Motorists” from the Dudley Library before a court visit over a minor traffic violation, the Express & Star reported. … Read more