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Originally Posted by Rick Lee

Some of you guys know about the 241 and 261 in Orange County. Years ago they had manned toll booths, later on automats and no people working there. Now, if you're not a local with a transponder, the first time you use them, they send you a bill by mail. When you pay that, that's constitutes acknowledgment that, in the future, you have to proactively log onto their site within a few days and pay.

Three years ago I got the letter in the mail, promptly paid my $9 in tolls. Last year used the 241 and 261 once and thought I just had to wait for the bill. That bill was $232 because I hadn't proactively logged on to pay in time. I got them to knock it down to $30.

This latest January, being wiser this time, I used the toll roads on one day, the very next day, logged onto the site, set up an account with my name, plate # and cc info. Site said it would automatically charge my card when the toll showed up, which could take a few days. I checked back about once a week. Tolls never showed, account always showed "no tolls incurred or owed." Yesterday I got a bill in the mail for $151. I went back to the site, logged on and it still says "no tolls incurred or owed" on my account. I took a screen shot and plan to call them tomorrow. WTF is going on here?

Sounds like a pretty good scam to make money to me.