advertised price

The company also is accused of charging customers prices higher than its lowest advertised price.

With at least a dozen prospective tenants viewing some of the properties, Jason said several estate agents had actively encouraged him to bid higher than the advertised price to give him the best chance.

In other words, actual postage or delivery charges can be excluded, while the cost of pulling an item off a shelf and taking it to a shipping company has to be included in its advertised price.

“The advertised price for a service should be the price you pay when your bill arrives. It shouldn’t include a bunch of unexpected junk fees.”

Although Larry’s accelerando warble pledge from the 1990s kind of does that — “We’ll beat anyone’s advertised price or your mattress is … FREEEEEE!” — it’s the spousal-style ”You’re killing me, Larry” bickering over discount prices that has drilled this bit into your brain.