I used a credit card, however, and after I returned home, my bill arrived with inflated charges.

"But it still leaves consumers paying inflated monthly charges."

He feared phone taps; he feared inflated charges and prison, no doubt, having faced them before.

The driver smiled obsequiously as he stated an inflated charge.

Federal officials said the new payments would be more accurate because they would be based on estimated hospital costs, rather than inflated charges.

(If you choose the latter, strike your own deal with the driver after paying his agency its inflated, by local standards, charge for the first drive.)

"Ultimately, all honest consumers of medical care have to bear the cost of these inflated and unneeded charges placed on health programs."

If these channels are not pursued, adoptees may be vulnerable to commercial offers of tracing at inflated charges.

The people of Britain will be, once again, forced to suffer these inflated charges.

Others object to what they consider inflated or unexpected charges.