no more junk fees, please

Dear Faustina --

The day after the President targeted junk fees in his State of the Union address, we took your petition signatures and stories about unfair junk fees directly to the Federal Trade Commission – demanding it stop companies from charging you these outrageous and arbitrary fees.

[NOTE: I had signed the petition about two weeks ago.]

More than 40,000 of you signed our petition, and hundreds more shared your frustration over junk fees on your bank accounts, hotel rooms, airline and concert tickets, and internet/cable services. You can read our comments to the FTC here (pdf). 

We have HUGE momentum in the fight against junk fees. Not only is the FTC investigating these fees, the President is calling on Congress to pass the Junk Fee Prevention Act, and our experts are working right now to make sure that proposed legislation is as strong as possible.

Faustina, you helped make this happen! And we hope you’ll keep fighting with us in the coming weeks and months as we pressure federal regulators and members of Congress to end these fees, which can cost the average family more than $3,200 a year!

One thing you can do right now is to share our petition against junk fees with friends and family so they can be part of this money-saving campaign. We will need every consumer to join this fight, since so many corporations make huge profits off these junk fees.
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Share Your Junk Fee Story

Thank you again for all you are doing to fight junk fees. And we will back in touch soon with more ways we can work together to end these fees once and for all.

Marcus Jones
Consumer Reports

 

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Always nice to get a pat on the back for doing the right thing.

Even better to find out that what you do has an impact on making life better for all.

Thanks, Consumer Reports, for letting me know that what I do helps!