Tradesman suffers congestion charge receipt influx
Date: 27 March 2008
A tradesman who tried to pay the congestion charge online got more than he bargained for - 3,000 receipts.
Graeme Ellis was on the net to pay the London charge, which affects courier drivers and other motorists, the BBC reports.
He requested a receipt and was sent 500 instead of one. Then, a further 3,000 arrived on his doorstep.
"The second time it happened I ended up with four boxes, about 3,000 receipts all turned up on the doorstep in a big Royal Mail lorry," he said.
"I think I might pay at the petrol station tomorrow. The kids love opening them though, we make castles out of them and towers."
Transport for London called the error "unacceptable" and said that the fault had been identified.
Separately, London mayor Ken Livingstone has agreed to discounts on the congestion charge for the cleanest freight vehicles.
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