OK, need some legal advice..... Dealer is claiming I'm responsible for five tickets....
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OK, need some legal advice..... Dealer is claiming I'm responsible for five tickets....
while I had their loaner.... They say that there are five citations for the vehicle going through the Fastrak lane on one of the Bay Area bridges.... problem is... I have not been on that bridge in years, let alone in their loaner..... They say that they have photos of the "infractions" and that they coincide with my use of the vehicle.... They are damn adamant that I'm responsible and are threatening to charge my credit card.... of course I will dispute it with Citibank as far as it will go.... (I'm not paying for some other idiots indiscretion/mistake)... What are my options??? Advice???
Thanks,
T
Thanks,
T
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Ted just stack up your proof
It wasn't you, you were somewhere else, working etc Get copies of....
• emails (with times sent etc)
• any faxes or other timed details showing it wasn't you
• landline phone times etc
It should be pretty easy to convince them to drop it. Let the dealer know you have the solid proof it wasn't you and that you'd be taking this to Citibank and then see what there tune is
Good luck
• emails (with times sent etc)
• any faxes or other timed details showing it wasn't you
• landline phone times etc
It should be pretty easy to convince them to drop it. Let the dealer know you have the solid proof it wasn't you and that you'd be taking this to Citibank and then see what there tune is
Good luck
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Ask to see the infractions as well as the photo that is taken.
The photos are supposed to be date and time stamped. You know when you had the car and you just need to get "witnesses" accounting for your whereabout which should help out.
How far apart were the tickets issued? How many days did you have the car? Were the tickets issued during working hours, or at night? Should be fairly easy to dispute at least one at a minimum and if you can do that then tell them none of them are yours.
No, I am not a lawyer, but I am staying at a Holiday Inn May 2-5 in Asheville, NC
How far apart were the tickets issued? How many days did you have the car? Were the tickets issued during working hours, or at night? Should be fairly easy to dispute at least one at a minimum and if you can do that then tell them none of them are yours.
No, I am not a lawyer, but I am staying at a Holiday Inn May 2-5 in Asheville, NC
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is there any paperwork with the licence plate of your loaner?
i once got a notice in the mail for not responding to a ticket i supposedly received over a month earlier on a rental truck. i was never in the area the ticket was issued, so i went to court to contest it. since the contract for my rental didn't have the license plate # of the truck in question, the judge found insufficient evidence to link me to the ticket. the budget office must have mixed up my paperwork with that of somebody else.
it's possible that something similar happened here.
it's possible that something similar happened here.
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From what I have heard from a friend that has a Fastrak module....
That they are really screwed up, issuing 3 and foru tickets for the same infraction....
Supposedly, the dealer is sending the citations and the "photos", which show nothing more than the license plate, for my "review". The guy that called is a wannabe mechanic noog that got bumped into answering the phones (probably cause he is not too bright)... could not get a straight answer from the guy... he just kept on insisting that must be me because the dates overlap...
When I get home tonight, I'll have to dig up my paper work and get things in order... they are intimidating the wrong guy...
Supposedly, the dealer is sending the citations and the "photos", which show nothing more than the license plate, for my "review". The guy that called is a wannabe mechanic noog that got bumped into answering the phones (probably cause he is not too bright)... could not get a straight answer from the guy... he just kept on insisting that must be me because the dates overlap...
When I get home tonight, I'll have to dig up my paper work and get things in order... they are intimidating the wrong guy...
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I had this happen with EZ-Pass in NY
I didn't get a ticket, but it charged me for the maximum at a toll because it never registered me as I went through a booth.
I called up EZ-Pass and said that if you check the records you can see each toll I hit, then you charge me for driving from Southern NJ, when they had be clocked in coming from Long Island. It took about 2 months to get it all fixed in my favor but it eventually did.
So long as you have the proof I wouldn't sweat it. Good luck with it.
I called up EZ-Pass and said that if you check the records you can see each toll I hit, then you charge me for driving from Southern NJ, when they had be clocked in coming from Long Island. It took about 2 months to get it all fixed in my favor but it eventually did.
So long as you have the proof I wouldn't sweat it. Good luck with it.
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