Over a year ago Holly Teska went viral on TikTok for exposing this new business practice and asked viewers to explain what this was about.
Colorado’s 9 News went out to investigate these PIF fees and found that at all the stores they examined, investigator ‘Steve On Your Side’ noted that each store was tacking on a few additional cents for the items purchased.
A public improvement fee is just like a tax. But it’s not a tax. It’s a privately imposed fee, which is imposed through a covenant.
The goal is to help finance improvements on the property. It’s another financing vehicle for the developer.
Said Jeff Peshut, an assistant professor at Metro State University of Denver and a real estate lawyer.
Colorado businesses have apparently been doing this for years, but very few appears to have noticed. Denver 7 reported on it in 2022 and KOAA News 5 also covered PIFs in 2021.
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
“Public improvement?” More like additional toy money the managers and corporatists can spend on.
The greed with these businesses and corporations continues to get more and ridiculous. Sure, it may just be only a few pennies for an item, but that adds up very quickly; and in the course of just one day one could imagine just how much extra money that store took in.
It’s no different than the obscene tipping craze that’s also gotten out of control, with companies and restaurants asking customers to tip the automated and self-checkout machines. All of this is nothing short of plain-down greed.
SEE: Businesses Offering Self-Checkouts Are Now Asking For Tips As Economy Crumbles
Isaiah 56:11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
The WinePress needs your support! If God has laid it on your heart to want to contribute, please prayerfully consider donating to this ministry. If you cannot gift a monetary donation, then please donate your fervent prayers to keep this ministry going! Thank you and may God bless you.
Wonderful blog! I found it while searching on Yahoo News. Do you have any suggestions on how to get listed in Yahoo News? I’ve been trying for a while but I never seem to get there! Cheers
Nice read, I just passed this onto a friend who was doing a little research on that. And he just bought me lunch since I found it for him smile Thus let me rephrase that: Thank you for lunch!
WONDERFUL Post.thanks for share..extra wait .. …
you will have an important weblog here! would you like to make some invite posts on my weblog?
Many thanks for sharing such great content. I really like your site. Many thanks for giving me the opportunity to comment on your article. I hope more useful content from you in the near future.
Thank you for some other informative site. The place else could I get that type of info written in such a perfect method? I’ve a mission that I’m just now running on, and I’ve been on the glance out for such information.
Hello, you used to write magnificent, but the last several posts have been kinda boring… I miss your great writings. Past few posts are just a little out of track! come on!
수원출장안마 셀럽의 출장마사지 코스와 가격, 선입금 없는 현장 결제 방식을 안내합니다. 영통·광교·인계동·권선동·장안구 등 방문 가능 지역과 예상 도착 시간
My spouse and i felt quite happy Edward managed to finish off his preliminary research with the ideas he acquired from your very own web page. It is now and again perplexing to just possibly be giving away things which often some others have been selling. And we also recognize we need the blog owner to give thanks to because of that. These explanations you’ve made, the simple website menu, the relationships your site help to engender – it is many fantastic, and it’s making our son and us reason why that concept is brilliant, which is quite pressing. Thanks for all!
My programmer is trying to convince me to move to .net from PHP. I have always disliked the idea because of the costs. But he’s tryiong none the less. I’ve been using WordPress on a number of websites for about a year and am anxious about switching to another platform. I have heard good things about blogengine.net. Is there a way I can transfer all my wordpress content into it? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I have recently started a site, the information you offer on this website has helped me tremendously. Thanks for all of your time & work.
Do you mind if I quote a couple of your posts as long as I provide credit and sources back to your website? My blog is in the exact same area of interest as yours and my visitors would certainly benefit from a lot of the information you present here. Please let me know if this alright with you. Thanks!
This web site is really a walk-through for all of the info you wanted about this and didn’t know who to ask. Glimpse here, and you’ll definitely discover it.