I got a fine from a rental in the UK. Should I be worried. What next to do

farhankn

Dear Sir/Madam,

Notification of Admin Fee

By signing the Rental Agreement when taking the vehicle out on hire, you agreed to be liable as owner in respect of any fixed penalty offence committed and would incur an admin fee without prior notification of the charge.

Your card has declined and we are unable to take our £55 admin fee and the charge of £60. Please contact us as soon as possible, before we pass your details to our debt collection agency.

Please, be aware that we will send the details in 7 days after the date of this notification and we will not take any payment after that date.

zg3409

What is the fine for? I would be more worried of them handing over your licence details as the named driver.

T-Maxx

Is your CC maxed out? My understanding is that they keep your details for months after the rental period specifically to deal with fines and tolls etc. And yeah the admin fee is extra salt getting rubbed in.

Kaisr Sose

OP

It might help to put the 'car' before 'rental'in the title. As it is, its vague.

Have you any idea why or any concern over why your card was declined ?

RurtBeynolds

What next to do?

Pay the fine.

mickdw

I'd pay it but most wouldn't.

Im assuming your licence details will be passed to agency issuing fine regardless of paying the hire company (or not) as they will need a driver to apply the fine to.

if the company is likely to be one you wish to use in future I would pay them. I don’t imagine they could enforce the debt down here though.

peter4918

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121608439#Comment_121608439

They could sell it on to a debt collection agency here and they will enforce it.

Turner

What if you wish to contest it?

Surely they have to summons you to court....which they cant do.

farhankn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121608242#Comment_121608242

I guess, its a Parking fine from Europarks.

farhankn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121608768#Comment_121608768

Does Debt collection Agency take any legal action to get it sorted?

farhankn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121608270#Comment_121608270

I used a revolut card, and they detected it as a fraudulent Transaction and immediately blocked it

farhankn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121608264#Comment_121608264

Used Revolut Debit Card since I had insurance taken. Revolut blocked the transaction

farhankn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121608242#Comment_121608242

What does that mean, they raise a dispute with my License?

Kaisr Sose

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121609028#Comment_121609028

Would you not just pay it then?

farhankn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121609079#Comment_121609079

Happy to Pay the fine. The admin fee doesn't make sense

thomas 123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121609090#Comment_121609090

Someone has to contact you and organise payment of the fine - not a bad price for the couple of hours work it will probably take to sort kindly on your behalf.

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121609090#Comment_121609090

It's in the contract.

The reason is that they don't want to be looking after your little misdemeanors for free.

T-Maxx

Surprised they accepted Revolut excactly for this reason. Rented a car in the UK 2 weeks ago and it was strictly credit card only.

Kaisr Sose

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121609273#Comment_121609273

Me too.

mondeoman72

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121609112#Comment_121609112

where do you see a couple of hours work?

cml387

I was always under the impression that if you get a fine while driving a rental car the company will charge your card (and add £££'s in "administrative fees" ,because they can).

thomas 123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121609828#Comment_121609828

How much would you value someone’s time for sitting down and paying your fine on your behalf?

+ Tax

+ Pension

+ PRSI

it’s a bargain really.

mondeoman72

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121612015#Comment_121612015

In comparison to the work involved, my accountant charged me nothing like that. He spent years in college, pays his fees to his regulatory body and keeps a dedicated office. To get a letter and forward it on, has a fraction of the work you describe.

zg3409

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121609060#Comment_121609060

It's more if it was a speeding fine where you could have an outstanding case in the UK that might cause an issue travelling through UK in the future. If the UK government flagged you as failing to turn up to court, unpaid fines etc then you could be stopped at the border or arrested during a routine UK traffic stop.

In terms of admin fees these are common and routinely excessively high. They add them to things like toll/m50 fees. Part of the reason they are high is because people like yourself try to not pay them, so car company may be liable. I suspect they will try claim the fee again at a future date. There have been cases where (mostly foreign small dodgy) hire companies throw a fine on your card months later for a toll or speeding fine that may not even be real and once transaction has gone through it's hard to verify and dispute.

Personally I would ring them and pay it. Not worth potential future hassle. If you did the crime.

Tom Mann Centuria

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121609273#Comment_121609273

Yeah, I could only use a Credit Card when I hired a car a month ago. I suspect it's still the case.

Jim2007

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121609090#Comment_121609090

You are responsible for the contracts you sign. Man up and pay your debts.

alan partridge aha

Is defo from the rental, it could be a scam. I'd contact them directly via phone and if you do owe then pay it.

AndrewJRenko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121614061#Comment_121614061

Shudda got your accountant to pay it for you in the first place so, or maybe got your accountant to drive you around and find legal parking spaces for you.

thomas 123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121614705#Comment_121614705

I don’t think they are the OP but they accountant sure is cheap!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121614061#Comment_121614061

lol since when has an admin fee been not a bit of a joke.

that said it’s not difficult to avoid paying them just don’t drive like a clown in a rental car.