scooter and research shows
women paid more than men for
time.
todd marks senior project
editor for consumer reports has
been researching this for years.
>> you don't realize how badly
you are getting ripped off or
being taken advantage of as a
woman because you become so conditioned to pay more.
>> reporter: while will is no
federal law that bans
thispractice, gender price
gouging for service is illegal
in new york miami dade county and california.
>> and we don't know who is responsible for it.
>> reporter: michael cone is is
the problem is the extra costs
for women's products tacked on from the get-go.
he found that women's clothing
shoes and gloves often enter
the country with a higher
import tax than man's.
>> might be 5 dollars that you
pay that is extra to uncle sam
but by the time it hits the
retail, consumer, it could be
10, 12, 13 dollars.
>> reporter: michelle miller
cbs news, new york.
>> one thing that we are paying