wtf easy pass?!

Melanie2003

we hardly use it but it automatically charges our credit card $25 to replenish when it goes below whatever threshold.

it's just been upped to $45.

dh and i were just talking the other night how suddenly everything jumped in price. we never even considered easy pass!

toatsmagoats

Is it because of how much you use it?  I just signed up for EZ Pass last month and have the $25 replenishment amount, but I got nervous when you posted this so I looked through the terms and found this:

Replenishment: Periodically, your toll use will be reviewed. If your monthly activity is above or below your current monthly payment, your minimum monthly debit/credit card, cash or check payment will be adjusted accordingly and you will be notified on your next scheduled statement.

Could that be what happened to you?  As far as I know, my replenishment amount hasn't increased.

Melanie2003

we don't need it all during the week - no toll roads on our commute

most weekends we don't use it either.

i'll email dh to log in to the account and check the use. it should be pretty sporadic.

Lora73

Mine has been giving me statements like that since Oct but has not charged yet.  I asked them and they said it was based on usage.  In the summer we go down the shore every weekend so fine but now we barely use it....

Jezebel1228

Could it be b/c tolls just went up (a ridiculous amount, I might add!!)?

Melanie2003

Jezebel1228:

Could it be b/c tolls just went up (a ridiculous amount, I might add!!)?

that's what dh thinks. if they keep it at $25, they will need to charge your card every single time you use it - or just about.

Chele

They just took out $45 from us yesterday for the first time too. 

Liz051405

Some locations charge a monthly fee regardless of use. It depends on if you have a NY EZPass, a NJ one, etc.

bosha711

I was able to call &have it lowered again as "a one time courtesy". So, it might be worth a call.

FWIW, after several months, if you're not using up their determined replenishment amount, it *should* lower again automatically. That happened to me, too.

eta- even if it stays at $45, you will be charged less frequently, if you really are not using it that much, so really it kind of evens out overall. 

wed2506

Interesting. I will need to have MH look at our statement. He is going to have a shiitfit if it's true...the whole "everything is going up" issue is big here since I am not working now. Ugh

Melanie2003

turns out we used it 3x this past month- and that's a lot for us. to the airport and home and once to my cousin.

 

Kim0721

Melanie2003:

Jezebel1228:

Could it be b/c tolls just went up (a ridiculous amount, I might add!!)?

that's what dh thinks. if they keep it at $25, they will need to charge your card every single time you use it - or just about.

No, they have always done this. They take $80 a pop from me and since I use it 5 days a week and tolls went up I am sure it will go higher.

JessicaLovesBrian

Mine is about a $65 auto deduction.  At one point I was using it a lot so the amount increased to accomodate how frequently I traveled (I believe when I started it was at $25).  However, I haven't traveled that much in about a year and they are still deducting that much.  Because I travel so little now, it doesn't bother me as much because it takes me awhile to use it up, but it did annoy me when I had about $100 left in my bank account on a monday for the rest of the week after a large student loan bill and expass chose that day to deduct their $65.