How does Greyhound get away with charging an $18 nonrefundable ticket 'wiring' fee?

[BerkeleyNick]

Recently my stepson bought his mother (my ex-wife) a bus ticket at the greyhound station for about $90 cash. The base price for that ticket was $57 but he had to pay $10 extra to make the ticket refundable (20% service fee charged at time of refund) and an $18 nonrefundable bogus wiring fee because she was coming from a different city. I say bogus because the ticket agent simply types the ticket info into her computer and I'm sure it is simply sent over the internet like an E-mail to the other terminal at no charge to greyhound. Almost just as outrageous is the fact that if a cheaper nonrefundable ticket is bought and the bus is full, a $15 service fee is charged to take a later bus. I would love to see a class action suit as I am sure there would be no shortage of co-plaintiffs.

 

[CdwJava]

They get away from it because the customer agrees to pay for it. They can always decline or pick up the ticket personally.

You can't sue for agreeing to pay for something. Heck, if I could, I'd like to sue the gas companies for raising gas prices ... but, I can't. I can choose not to drive or buy their gas. Same with the Greyhound company or the service used to purchase the ticket. When you see the price, you can always say, 'No".

- Carl