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Easytrip EV discount

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  • 05-03-2020 12:48pm
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    cfingers
    Registered Users Posts: 96 ✭✭


    Has anybody else has any issue with EV discount scheme with Easytrip?

    They give you the discount as a refund the following month. However my refund has been wrong for several months in a row. I ring them up and eventually they correct it , but it's annoying to have to check it's correct.

    Has it affected anyone else , or am I just unlucky?


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    #2
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users Posts: 12,310 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    cfingers wrote: »
    Has anybody else has any issue with EV discount scheme with Easytrip?

    They give you the discount as a refund the following month. However my refund has been wrong for several months in a row. I ring them up and eventually they correct it , but it's annoying to have to check it's correct.

    Has it affected anyone else , or am I just unlucky?
    Typical of them

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



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    #3
    Royale with Cheese
    Registered Users Posts: 9,036 ✭✭✭Royale with Cheese


    I went with eflow and also am paying full price. I raised this with them on twitter, and they said they'd pass my details to their EV scheme. That was weeks ago and I've heard nothing since, need to follow that up...


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    Soarer
    Registered Users Posts: 8,865 ✭✭✭Soarer


    Went with tolltag.ie, and the refund is pretty much instant.


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    #5
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,126 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    cfingers wrote: »
    Has anybody else has any issue with EV discount scheme with Easytrip?

    They give you the discount as a refund the following month. However my refund has been wrong for several months in a row. I ring them up and eventually they correct it , but it's annoying to have to check it's correct.

    Has it affected anyone else , or am I just unlucky?

    We've covered this many times on this forum. They are a mess. Just cancel your account and go with tolltag / ParkMagic

    You get an instant refund every time you go through the toll. Like so. €0.52 M50 toll, nice!

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    #6
    cfingers
    Registered Users Posts: 96 ✭✭cfingers


    unkel wrote: »
    We've covered this many times on this forum. They are a mess. Just cancel your account and go with tolltag / ParkMagic

    You get an instant refund every time you go through the toll. Like so. €0.52 M50 toll, nice!

    504695.jpg


    I think I will have to. I'm just annoyed about their responses to me.


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    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 15,084 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    unkel wrote: »
    We've covered this many times on this forum. They are a mess. Just cancel your account and go with tolltag / ParkMagic

    Whats the consensus on eFlow? Been with them for 8 years with the ICE car, so was planning on just getting another tag from them for the EV to keep things simple (having as few accounts as possible).


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    Kramer
    Registered Users Posts: 3,224 ✭✭✭Kramer


    Soarer wrote: »
    Went with tolltag.ie, and the refund is pretty much instant.

    The problem with them is for low frequency toll users, they immediately charge their 10% fee & then, a second later, issue the EV rebate.

    It results in them charging a 20% commission/fee (& 40% commission/fee on using the M50 toll off-peak) which is unadvertised anywhere & contravenes their own T&Cs.

    Apart from that issue, it does seem they are the best.


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    Soarer
    Registered Users Posts: 8,865 ✭✭✭Soarer


    Kramer wrote: »
    The problem with them is for low frequency toll users, they immediately charge their 10% fee & then, a second later, issue the EV rebate.

    It results in them charging a 20% commission/fee (& 40% commission/fee on using the M50 toll off-peak) which is unadvertised anywhere & contravenes their own T&Cs.

    Apart from that issue, it does seem they are the best.

    You'll have to explain that dude.


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    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,126 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Even if you only use the toll once or twice per month, it will be cheaper to go for the monthly toll tag subscription (€1.25 per month or something like that iirc), the free toll tag and then get the cheapest toll rate (just €0.52 for the M50 off peak)


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    Kramer
    Registered Users Posts: 3,224 ✭✭✭Kramer


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    Soarer wrote: »
    You'll have to explain that dude.

    Go through M50 toll.
    They immediately charge €2.10.
    Then they immediately apply their 10% fee, so €0.21.
    Seconds later they deduct the EV rebate, so deduct €1.57 (M50 off peak EV rebate).

    Total paid then is 53c toll & 21c fee.
    They take 21c on a 53c toll, which is 40%.

    If they applied their 10% fee a second after the rebate, it would be just 5c.

    That's on the pay as you toll tariff - usually for infrequent toll travellers.


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    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,126 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    So if you do 3 return trips per month or more through the M50 (and maybe one or two other tolls per year) it makes sense to get the monthly tag subscription of about €1.25 per month)

    I saved €300 last year on the tolls (but it cost me €15 in subscription compared to pay as you go, so a saving of €285 compared to if I had a normal car). I don't commute through the M50 toll and only use it socially (and mostly off peak)


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