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Thursday, August 17, 2006

What A Rip-Off!

Good old VicRoads strikes again!

I rang VicRoads today to make an appointment for my son to take his ute in for registration tomorrow.

After enduring the obligatory press 1 for this, press 2 for that, and the 10 minute wait for the operator to come on, I was stunned to learn that I had to pay $32.60 just to book an appointment.

I asked if Rhys could pay that fee when he turned up for his appointment, but they said if I didn't pay immediately, the booking would very likely "drop off the system" [their words, not mine]. Because I knew he needed to get his car registered as soon as possible I agreed to pay.

I had to make the appointment in my own name, not his, because they needed my driver's license number in order to make the appointment. Then I had to pay via credit card over the phone in order to secure that appointment.

How disgusting!

How much money is that organisation making if they charge everyone who is forced to make an appointment with them? What are they doing with that money? Is it really legal to charge a booking fee for a service that you pay in full for on the day you receive that service?

You think I didn't get on my soap box about this one? Think again! I reported it to a television program. I'm also going to report it to an investigative television program. Nothing might come of it, but people need to be aware that this is happening.

I really hate being ripped off.

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