The M50 Barrier Free Tolling Thread

niceirishfella

Hit and Miss is putting it politely.

Its not a hit (more like sh1t if you ask me) with the public and its just a mess as opposed to a Miss.
Don't trust them............chase the feckers, and kick their arse.

Alun

Prosperous Dave wrote: »

However the nice girl (and to be fair she was very pleasant) registered me there and then for a video account. I've since used the M50 on 5 occasions and have not received any bill on my credit card.

You can login under your account and see any transactions (as they call them) that have been logged for your registration number. They do seem to take quite a long time to actually get around to billing you, but if your car was logged going through the toll they should show up there at least. They're logged with the date and time so you can check them to make sure.

JohnCleary

Hi lads sorry this has prob already been answered but at 1000 posts i'd be searching all day...

Curiousity more than anything, but what's the story with foreign reg cars driving through the toll?

niceirishfella

JohnCleary wrote: »

Hi lads sorry this has prob already been answered but at 1000 posts i'd be searching all day...

Curiousity more than anything, but what's the story with foreign reg cars driving through the toll?

They go free as they can't pin the charge on them.....great system ehhhhh, and ohhh, and uk and NI reg cars go free too.:P

Seth Brundle

niceirishfella wrote: »

They go free as they can't pin the charge on them.....great system ehhhhh, and ohhh, and uk and NI reg cars go free too.:P

Are UK/NI registered cars not foreign cars anymore?

Our man in Havana

They sure are foreign cars.

Seth Brundle

Bond-007 wrote: »

They sure are foreign cars.

I know (I was trying to be sarcastic)!
:cool:

SpongeBob2000

I passed M50 one night and my fault I completely forgot to pay it within 48 hours. As soon as I remembered I paid through online on last Monday night with €3 and I remembered there was a problem on the 1st time I made the payment then I logged back in to pay again and went through OK. Thursday I received a penalty letter with €3 and total made up €6, when I logged in to the account and tried to cleared the balance however wouldn't let me just pay the €3. so Last Friday afternoon, before I rang eflow I logged on to my credit card account and found out 2*€3 was taken by eflow and also made up €6, so I rang eflow straight away and the girl told me they have only received €3 and ask me to fax the credit card statement, so I did. The problem is the letter said I have to pay within 14 days, otherwise I will have to pay more penalty. I don't know how long will take them to clear my account and the car is registered under my husband's name and I know it's only €3 but I just don't want to pay extra and I will keep ringing them to get it clear, I should just wait for the letter and paid in once!

niceirishfella

kbannon wrote: »

I know (I was trying to be sarcastic)!
:cool:

trying badly too may i add:p:p
lowest form of wit tho' ain't it.

I added the NI and Uk cars as some may assume there may be a possibility that some sort of database sharing would be in place between the 2 states, but then for eflow - that would be too much to ask.

niceirishfella

SpongeBob2000 wrote: »

I passed M50 one night and my fault I completely forgot to pay it within 48 hours. As soon as I remembered I paid through online on last Monday night with €3 and I remembered there was a problem on the 1st time I made the payment then I logged back in to pay again and went through OK. Thursday I received a penalty letter with €3 and total made up €6, when I logged in to the account and tried to cleared the balance however wouldn't let me just pay the €3. so Last Friday afternoon, before I rang eflow I logged on to my credit card account and found out 2*€3 was taken by eflow and also made up €6, so I rang eflow straight away and the girl told me they have only received €3 and ask me to fax the credit card statement, so I did. The problem is the letter said I have to pay within 14 days, otherwise I will have to pay more penalty. I don't know how long will take them to clear my account and the car is registered under my husband's name and I know it's only €3 but I just don't want to pay extra and I will keep ringing them to get it clear, I should just wait for the letter and paid in once!

I think ringing them is no good and you have no record of contact. Write, email or fax them - and keep copies etc.

Seth Brundle

niceirishfella wrote: »

I added the NI and Uk cars as some may assume there may be a possibility that some sort of database sharing would be in place between the 2 states, but then for eflow - that would be too much to ask.

There is no official sharing of databases between the two police forces just yet - give it a year or two

niceirishfella

kbannon wrote: »

There is no official sharing of databases between the two police forces just yet - give it a year or two

ermmm ....yeah..........the pedanticness of this forum rolls on......

SpongeBob2000

niceirishfella wrote: »

I think ringing them is no good and you have no record of contact. Write, email or fax them - and keep copies etc.

Yeah! you're right! I have kept my copy of the fax receipts and Rang them again today they told me they didn't get my fax but they said they left a 2nd notes on my account. I have asked the rep's name too.

Seth Brundle

niceirishfella wrote: »

ermmm ....yeah..........the pedanticness of this forum rolls on......

:rolleyes:

niceirishfella

kbannon wrote: »

:rolleyes:

:P

Madame Razz

So seriously? Ni and Uk regged cars go free at the moment???

Seth Brundle

There was a post a while back which claimed that you couldn't pay for a NI registered car in the payzone outlets - can anyone confirm?

Our man in Havana

Correct. My UK based folks were unable to pay when they visited me recently.

R.O.R

I was talking to someone the other day who had a german registered vehicle on demo in Ireland for a short while. An eFlow notice (in German) turned up at their corporate headquaters so was forwarded on to the Irish office for payment.

Whether any further action would be taken is questionable, but it looks like foreign registered cars are being picked up by the system.

Sizzler

R.O.R wrote: »

I was talking to someone the other day who had a german registered vehicle on demo in Ireland for a short while. An eFlow notice (in German) turned up at their corporate headquaters so was forwarded on to the Irish office for payment.

Whether any further action would be taken is questionable, but it looks like foreign registered cars are being picked up by the system.

File straight into the recycle bin

R.O.R

Sizzler wrote: »

File straight into the recycle bin

That was my suggestion too

We are just filing all the ones we get in work, must be 1000+ at this stage :eek:

Anyone any suggestions what to do with many, unopened, white A5 size envelopes?

strongback

I received the Pierse & Fitzgibbon solicitors letter relating to non payment of a toll/penalties which was dated 13 February 2009.

I am wondering has anyone who received the letter from the solicitor been contacted or received a summons.

Our man in Havana

No reported cases so far.

niceirishfella

I'd be keen to known if ANY summons have been issued. Wonder would an FOI tell more?

Our man in Havana

An FOI would tell all.

A word of warning don't ring them and ask them about FOI as they will say they won't release any information. Just go ahead and FOI them in writing enclosing the 15 euro fee. It will be the NRA that you are asking btw.

They must release the information unless there is some compelling reason not to. They must answer to the information commissioner if they don't comply.

jenzz

strongback wrote: »

I received the Pierse & Fitzgibbon solicitors letter relating to non payment of a toll/penalties which was dated 13 February 2009.

I am wondering has anyone who received the letter from the solicitor been contacted or received a summons.

I got 2 today. I have an account with eflow. I was refused to talk with a supervisor when I called eflow. Can I sue them for stress @ this stage ( lol) & can I sue for my solicitors costs. I certainly am not paying €292 when I have a tag on my car, when the staff havent a clue what they are talking about & when I am fit to lose the plot if I have to ring them again. 27 minutes talking to a big brick wall again. Anyone any advice ?

Our man in Havana

Ignore them. They won't go to court. Why waste your time on them when they can't win?

Mary D

Hi Everyone, can anyone offer me advice on what to do. My OH used my car on 13/12/08 and went through the M50. Between the jiggs and reels he forget to tell me. Yesterday when I got home from work, I had a Solicitors letter waiting for me giving me 7 days to pay €146.00. Broken down as follows: €3 toll, €3 STR, €40.00 Unpaid Toll Notice, €100 Toll Violation Notice. The thing is, up until yesterday evening, I didn't even know my car had gone through the M50. I don't dispute paying the toll fees but I refuse to pay notice fees for notices that I never received. I email the Solrs stating this, I also faxed them and rang them this morning. To say a monkey on the other end of the phone would have made more sense in an understatement. She insisteted Eflow wrote to me serveal times billing me and sending me notices, I honestly never recieved any letters from Eflow, yesterday's letter from the Solrs for the first. When I was talking (very loudly so she could hear me), I noticed the Solrs had my address wrong, they had left out the "Avenue" part. I pointed this out and she said this is the address the NRA have for me. I said this would explain why I hadn't received the other letters, they obviously went to another house in our estate as it didn't specify the correct address. She said this was not her problem and I'm liable to pay. My view is there is no way I'm going to pay. I've asked them to invoice me for the journey made as that is all I'm paying. I don't think their case would stand up in Court as they served the wrong person with the Notices, does anyone have any opinions?

niceirishfella

Well Mary, I feel your pain. They are muppets of the highest order.
You could write the solicitors a cheque for €3 and a letter reiterating that your happy to pay the toll but not for charges etc if they had your address wrong. And you could Call their bluff and then tell them to issue proceedings if they are soooooooooooooo sure of winning a case against you when clearly you have good grounds to argue in a court situation, which will never really happen anyways. Tell them also that as far as you're concerned the matter is closed and demand correspondance from them in return confirming the matter is closed.
If it were me (and this ain't any advice) but I'd write to them stating the above, enclose a cheque and see if it is debited from your a/c.
Thats my thoughts.

Our man in Havana

I would agree 100%.

Send them the cheque for €3 and see if they cash it. Do not engage with them any further.

They don't use registered post and that will be their downfall.