What changes have you made to adapt to recessionary times?

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Well done. You're stealing, and driving the cost up for everyone else. Hope you feel good.

For the toll bridge? The one thats robbing everyone for years, Samir Wrong Gent is dead right.

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Is he fúck! Paying for motoring is all part of the motoring. If you can't afford to do it, don't do it. Don't steal from everyone else.

Well i steal from no one. But the toll bridge prices are not governed by cars that dont pay for whatever reason, unlike car insurance maybe. If a car crosses the bridge it has no actual real cost to the toll bridge. How does some cars not paying affect the price for everyone else?

What about some people who wrongly get charged when never crossed it saint Sofiz?

Sofiztikated wrote: »

People who are wrongly charged are refunded/account credited. Things happen.

Fine if you happen to check through all your accounts to check if an extra crossing has been charged and likely you wont remember or notice it if using it every day, or have a few cars or vans on an account, so absolutely no doubt they make money for non crossings.

The people in charge of the bridge have a set minimum amount that they expect to make, due to estimates, budgets and forecasts.

If this doesn't meet the estimate, but the volume is the same, of course they are going to put up their prices. Example. 10 vehicles paying €9 is €90. They want their €90. So if 10 cars are crossing, and 1 is not paying, how are they going to make their €90? But charging the 9 that do pay €10.

Non paying cars would be a very tiny percentage, non readable reg`s or whatever reason, so small i can not see how this would be factored into prices. When toll was 80 irish pence the vat came in, this should of brought it to 96 pence, but rounded to a pound thus robbing everyone crossing, but that was ok of course was it not? Then the euro change, the 1 pound should of been €1.27 but of course, round up to the more convienent €1.30 for yet more ripping off. Maybe this was to make up for the 1 or 2 cars that failed to pay? O wait, it was barriers then, so that was difficult to manage (cross without paying).

Just because they provide a service, and not a product doesn't mean that stealing isn't taking place.

True, but you think if every single car that ever crossed it had paid that it would now be cheaper? I would say the percentage that `did not pay through deliberate avoidance would be less than the ones where the reg was genuinely not read properly. And the number of mistakingly charged crossings which were never refunded because it was not noticed by the users would be higher than the ones that deliberately avoided paying.

Also, how many companys can charge double for a service when paid a few seconds late? A fair few euro is made from late payments fees, far far more than they ever lose from the tiny number of deliberate altered plates. So the idea these payment avoiders make it more expensive for everyone else is a bit much.

Anyway back to recessionary posts, which is me ignored now:)