letter about non payment for petrol

Florenceem

clearancer said:

Florenceem said:

A letter has arrived for my grandson who is away at uni. Had permission to open and read it to find - non payment of £50 for petrol. Grandson remembers buying petrol - £15 and paid cash for it at the named location but it was July so not sure of date. The car reg is correct. Thing is - Grandson's car is unable to take £50 of petrol even with an empty tank.
Can someone have used his car reg to obtain petrol or any ideas what has happened please.

The letter should give instructions what to do next, eg go to garage and pay bill. Choice is easy, pay the £50 and problems solved, or contact sender and dispute 

As it is not his debt - why should he pay? I hope DGs can sort it but he doesn't need this stress at the start of his university life.

Jenni_D

There is no stress just now - it's Freshers.

BTW - the post you've quoted is simply expressing the available choices; your reply shows you've overlooked the words after the comma.

Florenceem

Jenni_D - No Freshers where he is - straight into classes - practical course.
Sorry if I have overlooked words - 70+ and been rushing around today.

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macman said:

Basics: if this was a 'work errand' that he was able to claim back expenses for, did he not get a receipt for the fuel?

Most employers will pay something like 30p per mile. No fuel receipt needed.

DB1904

Deleted_User said:

macman said:

Basics: if this was a 'work errand' that he was able to claim back expenses for, did he not get a receipt for the fuel?

Most employers will pay something like 30p per mile. No fuel receipt needed.

 Most? I think you're making that up, mine want a VAT receipt, I'd guess most others would too. 

JIL

The police wont do anything about this and the truth is they cant prove it was actually your grandson driving the car.

The garage will have passed this onto the debt collection agency to chase. If you google you can see theres a few who specialise in this type of recovery.

Compose a letter  for your grandson.
State in that letter, that you wish to see some proof of the theft. CCTV of a drive off ( common in garages)  because he paid for his fuel in cash £15. The least they can do is look for a £15 cash payment on their records. 

Also write to your MP.
Good luck.

ontheroad1970

I'm not at all sure that a letter to an MP is going to help in any shape or form.

[Deleted User]

DB1904 said:

Deleted_User said:

macman said:

Basics: if this was a 'work errand' that he was able to claim back expenses for, did he not get a receipt for the fuel?

Most employers will pay something like 30p per mile. No fuel receipt needed.

 Most? I think you're making that up, mine want a VAT receipt, I'd guess most others would too. 

I worked for a large PLC who employee 100,000+ people and we got 30p per mile if you ran "errands" with no fuel receipt required. I ran errands on average twice a month mainly as it got me out of work.

I think you're getting confused with employers paying for the fuel and not mileage.

jimjames

Deleted_User said:

DB1904 said:

Deleted_User said:

macman said:

Basics: if this was a 'work errand' that he was able to claim back expenses for, did he not get a receipt for the fuel?

Most employers will pay something like 30p per mile. No fuel receipt needed.

 Most? I think you're making that up, mine want a VAT receipt, I'd guess most others would too. 

I worked for a large PLC who employee 100,000+ people and we got 30p per mile if you ran "errands" with no fuel receipt required. I ran errands on average twice a month mainly as it got me out of work.

I think you're getting confused with employers paying for the fuel and not mileage.

Same here but at 45p. Never any requirement to produce fuel receipts for casual mileage.

user1977

jimjames said:

Deleted_User said:

DB1904 said:

Deleted_User said:

macman said:

Basics: if this was a 'work errand' that he was able to claim back expenses for, did he not get a receipt for the fuel?

Most employers will pay something like 30p per mile. No fuel receipt needed.

 Most? I think you're making that up, mine want a VAT receipt, I'd guess most others would too. 

I worked for a large PLC who employee 100,000+ people and we got 30p per mile if you ran "errands" with no fuel receipt required. I ran errands on average twice a month mainly as it got me out of work.

I think you're getting confused with employers paying for the fuel and not mileage.

Same here but at 45p. Never any requirement to produce fuel receipts for casual mileage.

Whereas I've had to produce fuel receipts to claim for any mileage - not exactly matching the journey, just "covering" it.