OT: Credit Card charges after original invoice

[Tyler Aviss]

Yup, but one should also be invoiced for the total bill amount at the
time of purchase. It's not really an issue of them charging me the
fee, but rather that they never gave any notice of the fee at the time
the item was purchased.

Simply solved by adding a line to the invoice like:

    ITEM
    Government Environmental **fee: $20.00
    PST
    GST


** To be charged after a period of one month, provided item is not
returned to seller.

or even a line
  Government Environmental fees to be assessed and charged at a later date


To charge a fee that was never indicated in the original sales
agreement, and one month later... very sketchy. What if they started
doing this for sales tax and/or shipping to under-represent the actual
cost of a purchase.

It seems especially dubious when other merchants have the mandated
recycling fees included in the cost, much like the CD-levy etc at many
retailers. If the retailer does charge the levy seperately, it's
presented in the total at the cashier/invoice before you pay
(alongside taxes, etc)


- TJA


On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 12:26 PM, William Park<opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> If they were supposed to charge you and you were supposed
> to pay the fee (legal requirement), then you will end up paying in "full", whether in 1, 2, or more payments until
> the "sale transaction" is complete.
>
> But, it's a bit odd, I must admit.  You could argue to your
> bank (the gull of those guys to charge you a month later, and so on...), but I doubt you'll win.
>
> --William
>
> --- On Tue, 6/23/09, Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> From: Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
>> Subject: [TLUG]: OT: Credit Card charges after original invoice
>> To: "tlug" <tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>
>> Received: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 2:07 PM
>> About a month ago, I ordered a HD
>> monitor (basically an HDTV without
>> the tuner) from TigerDirect. The original invoice included
>> the
>> shipping costs ($0) and PST/GST, which I authorized for
>> purchase and
>> was charged to my Visa. One month later, I received an
>> email from TD
>> stating:
>>   Your order shipped on 6/22/2009 and is on its way to
>> you
>>   MONITOR (LCD OR CRT) DISPOSAL SURCHARGE  (CA
>> BCDS 008 CA )
>>
>> This charge was not on mentioned my original invoice, nor
>> did I
>> authorize it to my card. While companies are required in
>> various cases
>> to charge a "disposal fee" for certain electronics,
>> standard practice
>> is to either include it in the price, or charge it in the
>> original
>> invoice. TD argues that if I had returned the TV, they
>> wouldn't be
>> able to return a gov't fee, so they charge it later
>>
>> Can anyone comment as to whether charging it a month later
>> is legal if
>> not included in the original invoice. Seems to me that Visa
>> is
>> probably going to have them for lunch for an unauthorized
>> charge, and
>> the competition bureau is probably going to look dimly on
>> this as well
>> (as not listing total costs on the original invoice could
>> possibly be
>> deemed anticompetitive).
>>
>> Comments, suggestions?
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