That's led to a case of sticker shock for test takers, nonprofits and states.
Still, the Tennysons, who moved to New York from Los Angeles, have sticker shock.
The lawsuit came after media reports of several cases in which kids' in-game purchases led to parental sticker shock.
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But despite the energy savings, when consumers buy Energy Star products, they often face a bit of sticker shock.
Sticker shock of these outright costs must make you wonder if any retiree can truly afford to maintain these luxuries.
But a common complaint among users is the sticker shock that they get after seeing the bill once the ride is over.
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Those who use it a lot would be in for sticker shock.
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And a trip to the grocery store these days requires bracing for a case of sticker shock for fresh produce like apples.
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Sticker shock is what consumer groups fear most about tiered usage plans.
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But I recently scheduled a few for-pay events and got sticker shock.
Although car rental companies now quote rates including taxes, sticker shock is not uncommon when you finally see that hotel or restaurant bill.
The Olympics always yield lots of interest and lots of sticker shock for travelers, says Steve Danishek, president of TMA Travel in Seattle.
Buyers are suffering from gas-price sticker shock and are sitting on liquid assets until they get a better fix on where the economy is actually going.
San Francisco, for instance, is expensive almost everywhere: even the cheapest San Francisco neighborhood would give sticker shock to Kansas City or Atlanta residents.
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Microsoft has revealed the price tag for the successor to its Windows RT tablet, and it may or may not give you a case of sticker shock.
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We all remember the sticker shock from the iPhone 1.
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And not only will there be a potential shortage of cash during the Olympics, ATM lines are likely to grow along with British sticker shock and currency confusion for tourists.
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When I first moved into an East Village studio apartment this summer, I suffered a bit of sticker shock, so I starting thinking about ways to defray my monthly rent.
Pentagon officials have been showing signs of sticker shock.
Japanese users pay by the packet for the data they use on DoCoMo's networks, but Americans, accustomed to flat-fee Net and phone deals, may balk at pay-per-use pricing that can result in month-end sticker shock.
"Sticker shock" at the 6% or 7% price tag shouldn't spook governments into promising fancy schemes at summits that they can't actually deliver (for more on this line of argument, see Friday's blog on Chancellor Merkel).
"The smart way for the retailer to do it is to ... raise prices a little bit here, a little bit there over time so that the consumer doesn't have one big sticker shock, " says Wharton marketing professor Stephen Hoch.
And when a 99.999% solution is proposed, sticker-shock leads to the paradigm answer.
Big questions hovered: Would the 2003 wines be even more expensive than the sticker-shock 2000s, and if so, would a weak-dollar, recession-dogged public pay for them?
The sticker-shock at the pump is a rude reminder that even though energy independence for the United States is closer at hand than at any other time in the last fifty years, energy is still very much a global commodity.
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