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Johannesburg - Articles about Sanral and e-toll invoices are continuing to stream into Fin24's office and vary between being very funny and and motorists seeing red.
OneFin24 user wrote:
I received an SMS that I have an overdue e-toll account amounting to R411.79, but I don't have a car registered in my name.
I live in Ladysmith, KZN and haven't been to Gauteng since September 2013.
I would like to know where Sanral got my cell number.
How valid is this notice?
Sanral said my account had been handed over to a debt collection agency called VPC. I googled the company, but didn't find anything relating to debt collection.
I'm going to ignore this notice, but it's really irritating that they have my cell number.
Another Fin24 user wrote:
I received an SMS from a company purporting to be Sanral on 3 January, demanding the sum of R74.52, stating that my account had been handed over to a spurious company called VPC. I'm unable to contact both companies.
My concerns are as follows:
1. I haven't been in South Africa since 1 October 2013 - supported by immigration stamps in my SA passport;
2. I have never received any evidence of transactions amounting to R74.52;
3. Is this a criminal case against a company named VPC for demanding money with menaces?
I'm more than able to fight the above-named companies in any court on charges of demanding money with menaces and Libel if they so wish.
A synopsis of another Fin24 user's letter:
I received an SMS from Sanral saying that I have overdue e-toll fees amounting to R71.73 and that they have handed over my invoice for collection by VPC.
I haven't travelled on any e-toll routes and have not received any invoice from Sanral. How can they hand me over to their legal department if I have not received an invoice?
Another Fin24 user complained that he had received an SMS, but that he hasn't driven underneath any gantry since 3 December and wondered about Sanral's database.
A final letter from a Fin24 user said that he seemed to have amassed fees amounting to R1 558.95.
He wrote: I haven't registered for e-toll, but I use the highway daily.
Sanral sent me the following SMS on 30 December: "You have overdue e-toll fees in the amount of R1 558.95 which have been handed over for collection to VPC. Call 0800Sanral(726 725)."
The system started on 3 December 2013 and I want to know how can one owe so much in a matter of three weeks? This is daylight robbery!
I watch the tax deducted from my payslip every month; I pay 14% VAT every day on most items purchased; Every time I fill up my car I pay a fuel levy and now this!
- Fin24
Disclaimer: All articles and letters published on MyFin24 have been independently written by members of the Fin24 community. The views of users published on Fin24 are therefore their own and do not necessarily represent those of Fin24.
OneFin24 user wrote:
I received an SMS that I have an overdue e-toll account amounting to R411.79, but I don't have a car registered in my name.
I live in Ladysmith, KZN and haven't been to Gauteng since September 2013.
I would like to know where Sanral got my cell number.
How valid is this notice?
Sanral said my account had been handed over to a debt collection agency called VPC. I googled the company, but didn't find anything relating to debt collection.
I'm going to ignore this notice, but it's really irritating that they have my cell number.
Another Fin24 user wrote:
I received an SMS from a company purporting to be Sanral on 3 January, demanding the sum of R74.52, stating that my account had been handed over to a spurious company called VPC. I'm unable to contact both companies.
My concerns are as follows:
1. I haven't been in South Africa since 1 October 2013 - supported by immigration stamps in my SA passport;
2. I have never received any evidence of transactions amounting to R74.52;
3. Is this a criminal case against a company named VPC for demanding money with menaces?
I'm more than able to fight the above-named companies in any court on charges of demanding money with menaces and Libel if they so wish.
A synopsis of another Fin24 user's letter:
I received an SMS from Sanral saying that I have overdue e-toll fees amounting to R71.73 and that they have handed over my invoice for collection by VPC.
I haven't travelled on any e-toll routes and have not received any invoice from Sanral. How can they hand me over to their legal department if I have not received an invoice?
Another Fin24 user complained that he had received an SMS, but that he hasn't driven underneath any gantry since 3 December and wondered about Sanral's database.
A final letter from a Fin24 user said that he seemed to have amassed fees amounting to R1 558.95.
He wrote: I haven't registered for e-toll, but I use the highway daily.
Sanral sent me the following SMS on 30 December: "You have overdue e-toll fees in the amount of R1 558.95 which have been handed over for collection to VPC. Call 0800Sanral(726 725)."
The system started on 3 December 2013 and I want to know how can one owe so much in a matter of three weeks? This is daylight robbery!
I watch the tax deducted from my payslip every month; I pay 14% VAT every day on most items purchased; Every time I fill up my car I pay a fuel levy and now this!
- Fin24
Disclaimer: All articles and letters published on MyFin24 have been independently written by members of the Fin24 community. The views of users published on Fin24 are therefore their own and do not necessarily represent those of Fin24.
