Alternative to Eflow as due to dispute cannot be used

Kamili · 05-08-2016 03:32PM

guile4582 wrote: »

what a sh1tty little country we live in , seriously

been following this thread and yep I have to agree.

I had recently changed from the monthly account with the tag to get away from the maintenance fee of 1.23 a month to a video account, which is pre-pay on Eflow.

I'm not a regular user of toll roads but like having the piece of mind knowing I won't be whacked with fees and fines and charges when I do use it.

I had to top up the account with a minimum of 40 euro when I set up, which would have lasted me about 6 months.

Now I have to wait for that to go and can't use the blooming account and have to fork out change instead when travelling.

Very much unhappy with this.

guile4582 · 05-08-2016 03:40PM

ba_barabus wrote: »

Perfect, thanks you.

is Easytrip pre pay only? or can you link to your bank account and it will debit it when you use

eflow just worked perfect for me. I use M7/M8 maybe twice a month and m50. one time setup, takes the money when i use. simple

Damien360 · 05-08-2016 03:46PM

guile4582 wrote: »

is Easytrip pre pay only? or can you link to your bank account and it will debit it when you use

eflow just worked perfect for me. I use M7/M8 maybe twice a month and m50. one time setup, takes the money when i use. simple

It is post pay only for €500 a month users. In other words business with multiple vehicles.

Everyone else is prepay and you can set a top up to any amount you like. Typically equal to your average monthly usage. It triggers when you hit €6. You can link it to a credit card or a bank account. I got a statement by email and it is detailed. If you want paper, it is extra.

Lancher · 10-08-2016 12:22PM

The Dail is closed for the holidays - 8 or 9 weeks makes it easy to understand why so many teachers run for election but I can't believe this is not a hot topic with politicians.
CRG said they might have to close the express lanes completely, presumably to avoid the chaos of EFlow tag holders having to exit at the barrier because their tag isn't read. Everyone will be affected is this happens. Why must we wait until the crisis occurs for someone to take action?
I'm emailing Shane Ross who as Minister for Transport should get involved. He was very vocal about the need to remove the barriers on the M50 when he wasn't even a TD and now we're faced with a similar scenario which is entirely avoidable.

guile4582 · 11-08-2016 05:49PM

Lancher wrote: »

The Dail is closed for the holidays - 8 or 9 weeks makes it easy to understand why so many teachers run for election but I can't believe this is not a hot topic with politicians.
CRG said they might have to close the express lanes completely, presumably to avoid the chaos of EFlow tag holders having to exit at the barrier because their tag isn't read. Everyone will be affected is this happens. Why must we wait until the crisis occurs for someone to take action?
I'm emailing Shane Ross who as Minister for Transport should get involved. He was very vocal about the need to remove the barriers on the M50 when he wasn't even a TD and now we're faced with a similar scenario which is entirely avoidable.

please let us know what Ross says

I cannot be arsed switching providers, might as well just pay at toll.

so backwards

OldMrBrennan83 · 11-08-2016 05:51PM

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bladespin · 11-08-2016 07:48PM

Looks like the only way of avoiding the inevitable.

JamesBond2010 · 11-08-2016 08:52PM

Waste of time so getting a tag so for express lane for m7 if I have to stop in the normal lane. May as well just return it then. & pay with coins it would be just as quick then.

marno21 · 12-08-2016 01:48AM

Got several bags of 10c coins here that will be very handy in the coin baskets.

3rdDegree · 12-08-2016 02:30AM

guile4582 wrote: »

what a sh1tty little country we live in , seriously

I dunno. I think countries where you constantly live in fear for you life, or where they throw people off roofs because of their sexual orientation, or round up school girls to send them into slavery are more sh1tty.

We have a choice, at least we can switch provider. Would be much worse if eFlow were the only provider.

OldMrBrennan83 · 12-08-2016 08:37AM

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Lancher · 12-08-2016 11:16AM

I think it's unlikely I'll receive a response from Minister Ross for a few days. He's very busy in Rio with his other portfolio of Sport. Glad to see he was able to make a statement about the 2 major incidents involving Irishmen over there as they have such a great bearing on state of the nation.
I cc'd Simon Harris on the mail as he is my local TD but no response from there yet.
I also sent a copy to Stephen Donnelly who topped our constituency in the election and I did get a reply from his Constituency Manager to say that he would respond on his return from holidays on 29th August - 2 days before the deadline.

guile4582 · 12-08-2016 01:24PM

3rdDegree wrote: »

I dunno. I think countries where you constantly live in fear for you life, or where they throw people off roofs because of their sexual orientation, or round up school girls to send them into slavery are more sh1tty.

We have a choice, at least we can switch provider. Would be much worse if eFlow were the only provider.

I equate greed with all of the above..because you know in your loins as an Irish person, it is greed and money at the heart of every decision in this country. If you don't well...stop watching World Cinema and Scandinavian dramas

Pim Pictus · 12-08-2016 04:46PM

I don't use the roads affected but I'm still going to change in case I do need to use them someday. I'd imagine a lot of others are the same. It will be catastrophic for eFlow if this isn't resolved.

Lancher · 12-08-2016 05:26PM

I don't use them very often myself but the convience is great. I'm a bill pay Eflow customer and won't change unless it becomes a real pain. The arguments for PAYG v bill pay have already been made in this thread and I'm much happier using a bill pay account.

JamesBond2010 · 13-08-2016 04:10PM

i just got the payg tag just for the m7 so i could use the express lane. but if they are going to close the express lane as few mention here for a while it will be a waste. just as quick then to pay cause i will have to stop.(length of Ques sometimes when anything is on in Dublin convience of tag)

marno21 · 14-08-2016 01:25AM

JamesBond2010 wrote: »

i just got the payg tag just for the m7 so i could use the express lane. but if they are going to close the express lane as few mention here for a while it will be a waste. just as quick then to pay cause i will have to stop.(length of Ques sometimes when anything is on in Dublin convience of tag)

The biggest benefit of the tag is the saving on the M50 toll. If you ever use the M50 it's worth having it just for that.

visual · 14-08-2016 04:05AM

The tag problem should have highlighted the real problem the tolls themselves

JamesBond2010 · 14-08-2016 06:57PM

marno21 wrote: »

The biggest benefit of the tag is the saving on the M50 toll. If you ever use the M50 it's worth having it just for that.

forgot to say as well i am eflow already thats just extra

The Rape of Lucretia · 14-08-2016 07:45PM

visual wrote: »

The tag problem should have highlighted the real problem the tolls themselves

Whats wrong with them. They always seem to work very well for me. East link is especially good - very quick to recognise and lift.

Kintarō Hattori · 14-08-2016 08:13PM

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Whats wrong with them. They always seem to work very well for me. East link is especially good - very quick to recognise and lift.

I think he means that there should be no toll at all.

markpb · 14-08-2016 09:03PM

visual wrote:

The tag problem should have highlighted the real problem the tolls themselves

For me it highlights the way our governments approach everything. Rather than interoperability being officially mandated and organised as I assumed it was, it's merely a convenience to be dropped at a moments notice when it no longer suits one of the parties involved. It's somewhat of an accident that it worked for as long as it did.

bladespin · 14-08-2016 10:17PM

markpb wrote:

For me it highlights the way our governments approach everything. Rather than interoperability being officially mandated and organised as I assumed it was, it's merely a convenience to be dropped at a moments notice when it no longer suits one of the parties involved. It's somewhat of an accident that it worked for as long as it did.

Aleays halfarsed, one thing you can rely on here.

IllBeGrand · 14-08-2016 10:23PM

Closing the express lane would be a really crap move.

testicles · 15-08-2016 10:02AM

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jeffk · 15-08-2016 10:18AM

Kinda off topic, but to give you an idea how bad eflow are, all this over the holder on the window

Herself bought a different car, rings Saturday, ah wait till you have the new car, not ill post you one out now
Tuesday collected the car and rang eflow again, we will send it out in post
Monday we head off to Cork/Kerry with no holder, try holding it up didn’t work
Rang on way down, ah it reads the reg or go to cashier (defeats the purpose of tag)
Coming back on Friday had to go cashier
Rang them again, are you sure the address is right as its been sent, I’ll send it again

The address on the tag is blanchardstown, so from Tuesday to Friday of the next week they couldn’t get a tag from there to navan. Makes me wonder if they ever sent it and then if there’s so much issues in posting it, offer people to collect it.

slinky2000 · 15-08-2016 10:49AM

Well that's common knowledge that the tag needs to be registered to the reg of the car.

15-08-2016 10:56AM

Lancher wrote: »

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CRG said they might have to close the express lanes completely, presumably to avoid the chaos of EFlow tag holders having to exit at the barrier because their tag isn't read. ................

That's ridiculous.
There is a system in place for tags not being read, diversion to the left lanes that feed to pay baskets.

In saying that I'm glad I don't use the toll facilities at peak times as it will quite likely be a mess for a while.

I'm switching to easytrip, account is set up and I've the new tag, Eflow tag is going back to them next week.

jeffk · 15-08-2016 10:57AM

slinky2000 wrote: »

Well that's common knowledge that the tag needs to be registered to the reg of the car.

Yes,but whats that got to do with taking so long to send out a replacement holder?

Also on Saturday, all they had to do was ask will you be using the tag in your old car, no, OK ill change it over now

Esel · 15-08-2016 11:15AM

testicles wrote: »

Communist.

Socialist!

Alternative to Eflow as due to dispute cannot be used

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