Originally Posted by
dmodemd
- Some toll lanes, especially in the NE, have tag readers as well as being staffed for cash collection. I have gone through a toll lane intending to pay cash and when I tried to hand over the cash I was told the reader picked up the tag in my rental car and it was too late.
Well, if you're doing that, then you need to put the transponder back in the sealed box/bag so it can't be read.
I just got hit with an $0.89 charge from I-635 in Dallas when I was very careful to avoid the express toll lanes. PlatePass is charging me $9.90 for the convenience for two days on my one day rental... (because it spans midnight?).
Well, that's actually quite rich of them.
I wonder what the language in the rental contract says? I have an old one from a few years ago that just says the service fee is "for each day of your rental." I have to assume the majority of one-day rentals are returned on the next calendar day from the pickup.
Good luck with the dispute; Getting $4.95 back shouldn't be *too* difficult, but I don't know how you can easily prove that you didn't use the toll lane, that's probably more an issue to be taken up with the tolling authority.