Most Outrageous Fees
Money Magazine recently came up with the list of the most annoying fees in their January 2007 issue. Here they are.
Banking and Credit:
• Over-limit fee
• Foreign-currency fee
• Late fee
• Same-day payment fee
• Balance-transfer fee
• Bad deposit fee
• Monthly service fee
• Biweekly payment fee
• ATM fees
Real Estate:
• Junk closing fee
• Title insurance
Phone Surcharges:
• Carrier cost recovery fee
• AT&T's tax-related surcharge
• Property tax surcharge
• Activation fee
• Penalty to end contract early
Car Rental:
• Insurance
• Excise taxes
Airline:
• Paper ticket fee
• Talking to a person fee
• Changing your flight fee
• Reserving an aisle seat fee
• Overpacking fee
Hotels:
• Internet connection fee
• Resort fee
• Automatic gratuities fee
• Package delivery acceptance fee
• Mini-bar restocking fee
Stores:
• Gift-card activation fee
Investments:
• Excessive annual fees
• Transfer fees
• Variable annuity expenses
• Annual expenses
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