Re: E-Z Pass and record keeping
- From: "pigsty1953@xxxxxxxxx" <rshersh@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:53:10 -0000
On Jun 30, 4:43 pm, hanco...@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Jun 29, 10:50 am, "pigsty1...@xxxxxxxxx" <rshe...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Maybe I am out of it, but I believe the easy pass consortium relies on
the respect and trust of its users. They and the police agencies have
publically announced the few times easy pass records have been used to
catch a fleeing felon.
Every organization we citizens do business with relies on our respect
and trust, otherwise we wouldn't do business with them.
Some authorities introduced EZPASS as free, then later added a $12/
year carrying charge. Some carriers reduced or eliminated the EZPASS
discount.
In the last decade or so many organizations (both pubilc and private)
have exploited their monopoly or near monopoly status and creative
marketing to take advantage of us. For example, at least two of the
major national credit card processing companies have reduced the
payment time window, making it easy for people to be late. if you're
late they hit you with a non payment fee and huge finance charges.
Also, they're supposed to give you all information, but the bills are
so cluttered with numbers, advertisements, and special notes it's easy
to miss the important stuff.
No one has more disrepect and disgust then I do w/the credit card
companies. But understand they are for profit, owned by banks and you
certainly know how banks are and what they have done to us over the
years.
Another example is a major national cell phone carrier quietly
eliminated major holidays as counting as off-peak time. They added a
notice in the bill, buried as described above, among notices of little
meaning to the vast majority of subscribers (e.g. cellphone usage in
Nigeria instructions.)
Cell phone companies, yeah right, another for profit operation. It
was a learning experience for me and a costly one when I started some
years ago. But I have it well in hand now and I stay in constant
contact.
As a matter of fact, T Mobile just lowered my monthly rate w/all of
the benefits I had before, if I ageed to stay with them another year.
$39.95 a month 1000 minutes unlimited long distance, unlimited
weekends and nights. I could NEVER use 1000 minutes.
That is competition at its finest.
Did you know if someone gives you a bad check, something you had no
control over, you get charged $20+ by your bank for depositing it?
Why should you as the depositer be burned by someone else's error?
But they do it.
Again the banks. They will nickel and dime us to death and it has
been that way fro years and years. Years ago, I woked for a two bit
company that bounced a pay check. The fees were nothing like they are
today but it was still something to see. I did get reimbursed.
I suspect most readers in this newsgroup are NOT representative of the
general population, that is, the people here are more astute and tend
to check their bills very carefully. The general population does not
the the time, skill, or frankly the interest to go over every
statement and every notice leaflet with a fine tooth comb, or the time
to call up and wait on hold to complain. So many companies have
merged that we have fewer choices to switch if we're upset.
Given that EZPASS has already changed the rules adversely to us
consumers, there's nothing to stop them from sharing the data to
insurance companies or other entities we might not want it released
to.
They changed ONE rule to get that $1 a month charge. Yeah I am going
to scream about paying $12 a years for the convenience. They though
they could do it for free but I am sure I don't have to tell you
everything costs. To be honest in this one, you are being rediculous.
Now about the disc that were ended, to my knowledge easy pass DID NOT
do that the Tpk Auth did.
In the case of the NJTPA, they needed the money. Again everything
costs and nothing is free.
Sorry folks, but I've got enough gray now to have seen major changes
in consumer service. When I got my first checking account many years
ago the rules were simple and the fees reasonable. The service fee
chart fit on a small card. Now I get a leaflet in fine print that's
difficult to understand with all sorts of fees for things that were
once free. I see this in all sorts of consumer and govt activity.
I still like and trust eazy pass. The other for profit examples, yes
I have a lot of doubts about them, but to compare them to easy pass,
again I think you are being rediculous.
Randy
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