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The price of loyalty penalties

Charging different prices for the same product may be fine for some, but, as John Mongelard asks, is it fair?

Citizens Advice The Price of LoyaltyIn marriage, loyalty is celebrated, rewarded and the converse is true. However, when it comes to product pricing we accept that new customers, the ‘rate tarts’ and the most disloyal will instead get the best pricing.

For existing customers it is common practice in financial services, as well as other sectors such as utilities, to roll on to a higher rate at their next renewal. A fixed rate mortgage customer on 1.9% would typically be rolled over to a standard variable rate at around 2.4% at the end of the fixed period, for example. 


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