Canadian shoppers are fighting back against extra fees when shopping online

If you shop online you’re likely familiar with the experience – you agree to buy for a certain price, but by the time you check out, the cost has ballooned with fees and surcharges.Place a shipping order with Canada Post and you might be hit with a “fuel surcharge” of almost 25 per cent. Buy movie tickets, flowers, make travel plans – all could be subject to hidden fees that are subsequently added to the originally quoted cost.Critics call it drip pricing, a strategy that has been deemed unlawful. Consumers now have the power to fight back, with multiple class-action lawsuits filed in British Columbia targeting the practice.