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post #21 of 44

12/11/09 at 3:00am

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Where I live you either have a transponder or they take a picture of your plate and you get a bill in a month or so. The only way you get fines is if you don't pay the bill. I got a bill and missplaced it (so didn't pay it) and got a huge fine. I called and we negotiated that they would drop the fines if I got a transponder. It was a no brainer for me.

Does your dh "have" to take the toll road? If he does, it should be on the company. If he's taking it for his convenience, it may be stickier re: the tolls. But either wway, I bet you can get the fines reduced.

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12/11/09 at 3:25am

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i really hope you can get this resolved--that bill is UNbelievable!

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12/11/09 at 3:26am

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Where I live you either have a transponder or they take a picture of your plate and you get a bill in a month or so. The only way you get fines is if you don't pay the bill.

This is how our toll also works. We have discovered that the monthly bill was sent to the FLEET company, not the company my DH works for. If it does not get settled, then the fleet company will pay, add a fee, then bill the company he works for. The fleet company tried to send something to us in the mail, but they sent it to the WRONG mailing address. SO, we are hoping we can get the fines knocked off and cleared up, because there is no way we can pay this. And if it gets sent to his company, then I have a feeling we can kiss this job good-bye. Ugh...We already live on such a strict budget. There is no room to squeeze anything extra out.

We're still working this out and trying to figure why we never got the original bill. We still don't have copies of the original monthly bill. Just the notices.

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12/11/09 at 11:00am

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Originally Posted by 34me

Where I live you either have a transponder or they take a picture of your plate and you get a bill in a month or so.

Oh, I see now. I've never seen a toll system that worked that way, hence my confusion.

OP, from other people's responses, it sounds like there's a good chance you can at least get the fines reduced/removed. Good luck!

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12/11/09 at 11:13am

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I would call the highway department, DMV (or whomever is responsible for tolls) and explain the situation. That it was a company car and your husband was under the impression the company was paying the bills. See if you can at the very least have the fees lessened or better yet waived.

Then contact the company and have the tolls for those dates refunded to you - $476. Their car on company business so they should be reimbursing for tolls.

My DH has a company car he gets to use sometimes and sometimes he has to drive his own car. The company car has a gas card and a transponder for tolls. When he drives his own car he is reimbursed for mileage and tolls.

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12/11/09 at 4:11pm

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Update!!!

Hip! Hip! Hooray!

My dh called, and they waived every single fine/fee!!!! The toll bill dropped from over $5000.00 to $326.00. Now we just need to get that submitted to the company he works for to get reimbursed on his company card. We're still trying to figure out why we never got the bill. While the car is registered under the company fleet name, it's registered under our address. Apparently, were not the only ones that have this problem. When my DH called, they said "oh, you're one of those." They completely understood the problem and run into it frequently. They have 700 people in their system, using the same fleet company, that are getting billed with fees/fines attached because they're not getting their monthly bills. We are getting a transponder shipped to us to avoid this problem again.

Phew! I am relieved!