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Old 12-20-2006, 04:06 PM
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Default 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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