Man gets 3,000 C-charge receipts

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 27 Mar 2008, 04:41

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7314783.stm

A tradesman from Kent who went online to pay the London congestion charge ended up being sent 3,000 receipts.

Graeme Ellis from Swanley, went on the Transport for London (TfL) website to pay the Â£8 fee and then requested a receipt.

The first time, he was sent 500, and then on the next occasion 3,000 arrived at his house, delivered by Royal Mail.

TfL said it was an "unacceptable" computer error and steps had been taken to ensure it did not happen again.

Make castles

Mr Ellis said: "The second time it happened I ended up with four boxes, about 3,000 receipts all turned up on the doorstep in a big Royal Mail lorry.

"I think I might pay at the petrol station tomorrow. The kids love opening them though, we make castles out of them and towers."

In a statement TfL said: "This is clearly an unacceptable error. Our service provider, Capita, have identified the fault and put in additional controls to ensure it does not happen in future."

Mr Ellis said he only chose to pay online after forgetting to pay the charge on three occasions and being fined.

Post by **rhino49** » 27 Mar 2008, 05:19

Does that mean that mail volumes are not falling then ?

newpostie · Post by **newpostie** » 27 Mar 2008, 11:31

bet thw postman nerly had a heart attack wen he had 12 oxes of mail for the same address lol!

alangate · Post by **alangate** » 27 Mar 2008, 15:04

newpostie wrote:bet thw postman nerly had a heart attack wen he had 12 oxes of mail for the same address lol!

LOL

billyb8 · Post by **billyb8** » 27 Mar 2008, 19:27

newpostie wrote:bet thw postman nerly had a heart attack wen he had 12 oxes of mail for the same address lol!

Did the driver accept the unofficial bulk?

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 28 Mar 2008, 14:20

billyb8 wrote:
newpostie wrote:bet thw postman nerly had a heart attack wen he had 12 oxes of mail for the same address lol!
Did the driver accept the unofficial bulk?

In our office they would say they could not take it as it could fit through the letter box - however, as they are all could lads and like a laugh they would only be joking.