Originally Posted by
lonelycrowd
I feel your pain, having surrendered voluntarily to the rental agencies' various toll collection schemes (including Hertz PlatePass) and even then getting hit with defective tags and unexpected charges.
MA EZPass transponders don't beep, so that's not a reason to worry in and of itself. However, the tolls definitely would have appeared in your account by now if they were going to. With few data points out there on how the MA all-electronic-tolling works, one can speculate that perhaps the computer system read both, detected a discrepancy, and decided for some reason to go with the plate account? It also seems that
MA has a difficult time sending bills to motorists outside the New England states - unlikely in your case, but you never know...
Thanks for the replies. I expect that I will get a PlatePass bill sometime in the future.
I will contact MA EZ-Pass to see if they can enlighten me.
Originally Posted by
guv1976
Perhaps the transponder itself is defective -- damaged in the mail, maybe? Was it mounted properly on the windshield, in the correct place, and unobstructed?
Thanks for your reply. I'm thinking it might be defective. I attached my transponder to the existing Velcro that were in place to hold the PlatePass transponder/box.