Bottomfeeder

Dear rob Cannon,

Fivepounds is sad to announce that we lost our Judicial Review at the High Court on Wednesday 21st December 2005 against Transport ! For London. The court decided that according to TFL's rules we were not a legitimate 'fleet'. The English language is a tough one to understand... in the dictionary a 'fleet' is a 'group of vehicles working together. We were a group of vehicles operating together so that we could not get fined for forgetting to pay a ridiculous daily charge for driving our cars.

As a member of Fivepounds you are still covered for your congestion charge until 3rd January 2006.

YOU MUST PAY YOUR OWN CONGESTION CHARGE FROM 3rd JANUARY 2006 DIRECTLY TO TFL.

YOU MUST PAY YOUR OWN CONGESTION CHARGE FROM 3rd JANUARY 2006 DIRECTLY TO TFL.

Web: www.cclondon.com - Tel: 0845 900 1234

We sincerely apologise for not being able to beat the giants at 'TFL'.

It is a shame that TFL sought to close us down and it is still our opinion that they did this to save their revenue from fines. It is even sadder that Transport For LONDON could do w! hat we have done and guarantee nobody EVER gets fined again immediatel y. All they need to do is take your payment details and charge you every time you travel into London. That's what they were doing with us and that's what they do with companies with more than 10 vehicles. Yet when it comes to the general public, they seem to say that there is no system in place to do this and they would need to spend millions on a system.

Thank you for supporting us during our time. We will be back soon.

Breaking News Fivepounds Style !

We are currently working on mounting a legal challenge against TFL through the Courts on a possible 'legal loophole' that will force TFL to pay back all of the FINES they have issued up to now. By beating us they have only made us stronger and more determined to fight back.

We are also exploring our very own tagging system so that we know when your vehicle enters the congestion zone and we would pay the charge for you. This would not be a 'fleet scheme' and so TFL would not be able to shut! us down.

Thank you all, we wish you a very happy new year

the fivepounds team

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MattN

so what is it?

Everyone has to pay the charge I thought?

Bottomfeeder

It was a website that once you were a registered member you became part of their 'fleet'of vehicles. This meant that they paid your congestion charge for you, at the reduced 'fleet rate'. It cost members a tenner a month + £7.00 for every journey into the zone. More importantly it meant that we, as members never had to worry about forgetting to pay or late payments because TFL used to bill fivepounds.co.uk on a monthly basis.
Apparently, Fivepounds were costing TFL tens of thousands in fines and so they were taken to court and subsequently shutdown.

Read into that what you will, i see it as TFL 'spitting their dummy' because they were losing money.