pay point outlets

[herbie]

Hope someone can help my local shop was took over last week and when my old mum went round there to pay her tv license card (�5.00) the new owner says that she has to pay and extra 50p on top to use the paypoint facility this cant be right can it ?? im sure i read somewere that another shop was doing this and it was illegal any one know Thanks in advance.

[Ethel]

It is perfectly legal - they can charge whatever they like.

Perhaps your mum can find a cheaper alternative.

[THECORBYLOON]

Although I can't see it on paypoint's site, the person making the payment should not pay extra for the service. If you drop an e-mail to [email protected] to ask about it and name the shop whlie you're at it they may do something about it.

[THECORBYLOON]

On the BBC's press office site it says

"PayPoint

There are just under 15,000 PayPoint outlets (14,891) which will be able to operate the new TV Licensing services from 2 May, rising to 17,000 in 2007. ..

(I've cut out the boring stuff)

...The service is provided free of charge to the consumer"