PPC "Losses"

peter_the_piper

"""In regards to our fee of £60 for parking charge notices ,this is reduced to £30 if it was paid with in 14days from date of issue , as you choose to ignore this ticket and not pay the reduced amount or appeal the ticket within the time scale given then the discounted offer expires and the full amount of £60 becomes due.

Our fee of £60 is approved under the Approved Operator Scheme code of practice and does not exceed there recommended amount of £100 and is deemed reasonable I have listed a few of the items our parking charge fees are worked out on using expenses and loss suffered due to none payment of parking fees:
1. Possible max amount of earnings per parking space per day £19.20
2. Parking inspector Wages ...£3.63 per ticket issued
3.Fee To BPA Ect per ticket £32.00
4. admin Wages £2.74
5.Stationery costs £0.50
6.Maintenance of signs £ 6.64
This totals £64.71 and does not include other expenses and losses for us to issue parking charge notices."""
If thesee are genuine losses (yeah right) and they are in fact greater than the £60 charge then how can they give a 50% discount? If I worked out that my widgets cost me £60 to make, without a profit element, how long would I be in business if I gave a 50% discount for early payment of my invoice?
Answers of one syllable please.