"Roger Mills" wrote in message
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> In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
> Jethro wrote:
>
>>
>> In this case, I suspect any court action will hinge on whether it's
>> fair for BT to charge for non DD payments. I have a sneaking suspicion
>> that the court will find it *is* fair, as BT will be able to
>> demonstrate it costs them x pence a cheque, compared with y pence a
>> Direct Debit.
>>
>
> I suspect that this is a cunning plan to get round that! If this
> 'separate' company charges BT £4.50 to process a cheque, then that's the
> cost to BT of processing a cheque - so they will claim that it is "fair"
> to pay the cost on to the customer. But who benefits from this 'charge' -
> the banks? No - this separate company, which just happens to part of BT.
> IANAL, but it seems to me that the courts may well still rule that to be
> unfair.
And what's the legal basis that you think this charge needs to be fair?
ITYF that there isn't one. Unlike (the claims about) Bank Charges, this
charge is most definately a charge for a service which a customer can easily
avoid.
tim
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