Upcharge

Upcharge is used as the billing counterpart to marketing's upsell. ^{[1] [2]} \\

The term may refer to:

• Paying a smaller increment in price for a larger increase in what is received; in another it means paying an increase for a non-standard arrangement, ^[2] what one writer called "upcharge money." ^[3]
• A convenience fee: ^[4] a pharmacy that carries basic grocery items and charges higher prices for the non-pharmaceutical one-stop-shopping items. ^[5] While a surcharge is part of what must be paid, an upcharge is not always unexpected, ^[6] and usually can be declined by rejecting the additional service or the suggested upgrade, albeit receiving less. ^[1]

The practice of amusement parks to charge both for admission and then for individual rides may be described as "Upcharge attraction". ^[7]

The term upcharge is sometimes used as a synonym for charge or surcharge. ^[8]

References

1. Garth Johnston (February 8, 2013). "Neat Upsell: Restaurant Caught Charging More For Bourbon Without Rocks". The Gothamist . Retrieved October 2, 2022.
2. John Del Signore (July 28, 2011). "Le Poisson Rouge Charges $3 Extra For Glenlivet With Ice, $3 Extra Without". The Gothamist . Retrieved October 2, 2022.
3. Concepción de León (March 25, 2019). Kristian Thacker (ed.). "Damon Young on the 'Absurdity' of Being Black". The New York Times . Retrieved October 2, 2022.
4. "Family Vacation: What Price, Convenience?". The Wall Street Journal . March 4, 2007.
5. "What Will the Economy's New 'Normal' Look Like in 2013?". The New York Times . January 2, 2013. a drugstore that also carries basic grocery items at an upcharge.
6. Nick Guy (November 11, 2021). "The Best Cheap iPad Cases". The New York Times . Retrieved October 2, 2022. for about the price of a burrito and chips (including the upcharge for guac)
7. Adams, Judith A. (1991). The American Amusement Park Industry: A History of Technology and Thrills. Boston: Twayne Publishers. ISBN   0-8057-9821-8.
8. e.g., the usage in Joel E. Abramson (October 27, 2015). "Answers About Rent Stabilization, Part 2". The New York Times . Retrieved October 2, 2022. and Melanie Gouby. "Eastern Congo city suffers upsurge in violence". The New York Daily News . "It is only an upsurge in ordinary crime," he asserted.