AT&T Charges Additional $18 Upgrade Fee?

After some initial confusion I just upgraded my two iPhone plans through the ATT website and after checking out I noticed that I was charged an $18 upgrade fee for both phones (something that I didn't see on the Apple.com checkout screen when I almost ordered through them):

Email Order Confirmation For 16GB iPhone 4s:

Email Order Confirmation For 32GB iPhone 4s:

This isn't sales tax either as you can see by the images that tax is TBD and the upgrade fee is listed under Services & Fees.

Update 1: After calling ATT I found that although Apple.com doesn't initially charge you the $18 upgrade fee it will still come through on your next bill. In my opinion it's just another lame way to get $18 out of you though, which I think is pretty lame.

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