Credit card charges approved by Chiltern District Council (From Bucks Free Press)
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Credit card charges approved by Chiltern District Council
5:00pm Tuesday 16th March 2010 in
A COUNCIL has today agreed to charge residents who pay using credit card in a bid to save £19,000.
Members of Chiltern District Council's cabinet approved a 1.6 per cent charge for all credit card transactions in an effort to recoup money lost in bank charges.
In the financial year up to April 2008 the council handled 5,000 credit card payments – but the following year this increased to around 20,000.
It meant the council had to fork out £19,000 in bank charges.
Cabinet members said they “did not like” having to introduce the surcharge – but they will review it in 12 months' time.
Credit cards cannot be used to pay for parking fines.
The move comes just a month after Wycombe District Council approved a similar scheme (see link, below).
Comments(4)
maharaja47
says...
9:17pm Tue 16 Mar 10
chris740 wrote:Rubbish!!! Pay the bill by whatever means you have available and get a receipt. Refuse to pay and face the consequences. Bailiffs have heard it all before so don't listen to imbeciles like Chris. Do so at your peril!
its very simple. offer to pay. if you get charged to pay your billsl. DONT PAY if you offer to pay they cant do sod all about it
tigeran
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12:14am Wed 17 Mar 10
maharaja47 wrote:Is that right? Can they charge you? If they cant if you refuse to pay the excess then why not?
chris740 wrote: its very simple. offer to pay. if you get charged to pay your billsl. DONT PAY if you offer to pay they cant do sod all about itRubbish!!! Pay the bill by whatever means you have available and get a receipt. Refuse to pay and face the consequences. Bailiffs have heard it all before so don't listen to imbeciles like Chris. Do so at your peril!
Lividov
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12:19pm Sat 20 Mar 10
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chris740 says...
8:56pm Tue 16 Mar 10
offer to pay. if you get charged to pay your billsl.
DONT PAY
if you offer to pay they cant do sod all about it