ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Lil Bitta Pod - 19th June 2024

Episode Date: June 18, 2024

On Today's Lil Bitta Pod; Fletch forgot to pay...Or did he?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fleshborn and Hayley's Little Bit of Pod Great things are brewing at McCafe The perfect start to every day Welcome to A Little Bit of Pod Guys I've been in a consumer battle I've been in a David Goliath battle Have you? With a corporate rental car company

Oh my god let's take them down I've been fighting in my personal time And I've lost Oh no Guys I have lost and I've paid money. Okay, take us back to the beginning. Okay, so March my friend was over from Belgium

and we went on, did the Tongariro crossing did a little kind of a coromandel, did a big roadie Remember this? And part of that was driving the rental car through the eastern toll road in Tauranga. Yeah, driven through it lots. Yeah, beautiful road, flat. Oh, it's beautiful. Yeah, driven through it lots. Yeah, beautiful road, flat. Oh, it's beautiful.

Yeah, I like that drive. I will say last time I drove down it, it could do... I mean, this just speaks to roads around the entire country. It could do with a weed spray. Oh, I don't notice. It could do with a weed spray. I just notice people... Waddle, waddle, woolly nightshade.

Oh, yeah. I notice weeds everywhere. I don't notice them. I don't notice them. It sounds like a burden to notice. It breaks my everywhere. I don't notice them. It sounds like a burden to notice. It breaks my heart. It is a burden. Woolie nightshade is everywhere.

I remember in primary school there was that old man's beard must go and they made us go and take scissors and cut it all down. Yep. Yep. Did you have gloves on? Did you have gloves on when you were cutting this? Old man's beard wasn't toxic to the touch. It just strangled trees.

Oh, I got you. Whereas your woolly nightshade, which is everywhere, very dangerous to touch, which I guess is a good thing. Oh, right. It's called the asbestos of the plant. Was that the thing that sent me ablaze over the summer? Yes. A couple of summers ago?

Oh, maybe. That and you were changing the fiberglass insulation in your knickers. Oh, that's right. Yeah, remember it got into your titties. Yeah, that's right. I remember it got into your titties. Yeah, that's right. And caused a lot of itching. Ouch. Such itchy titties.

Right on the nips. I'll say that I did not notice at the time the weeds, but a lovely toll road and $2.30 to drive on this toll road. Wow. That's going up. Has it gone up? I'm happy to pay. No, I'm happy to pay that.

It's a bloody nice road. Haven't they paid that road off yet? Because this is what Tauranga in New Zealand does well. I know. They built a bridge and they're like, we're going to chuck a toll road on until we've paid it off. They paid it off. They took down the tolls. Yeah, I like that.

I'm all for that. Well, anyway, I jump online. Or actually, my friend, I gave my friend my phone while I was driving and said, can you just go to the website, pay for it? This guy, like he's strapped for cash, making someone pay the toll. No, with my card i said no because my card saved my phone no you owe me half this toll no i was you owe me a dollar ten i was just like can you just do it now because otherwise i'll forget and so he he paid for the toll put the plate in of the rental car uh my credit card two dollars thirty paid

forget about it sure forget about it. Sure. Forget about it. Well, obviously not because we're talking about it. Until two weeks ago when I got an email from NZTA. June now. The toll people saying your toll has been unused and because it's been three months, you're due a refund. And I was like, no, no, no, no, no, no. I paid that toll for using the road. Yeah.

In a rental car. In a rental car in a rental car fuck what's gonna what did you get the number plate wrong no i checked i checked number plate right because your belgium friend might have been like oh i know i was like oh the fucking belgium yeah the belgian the belgium's belgium biscuits make great biscuits but are they good with paying tolls online well so I looked at the receipt I was like the plate's fine I checked the rental car thing I was like okay well I'll just park this in to the side and sure

enough two days later I get an email from the rental car company saying you didn't pay your fee oh get out you didn't pay your fee so we're going to charge you the fee plus an admin oh piss off and I'm like but I paid it You didn't pay your fee, so we're going to charge you the fee plus an admin. Oh, piss off.

And I'm like, but I paid it. What's happened? So I rang them, and they're like, you didn't pay it. And I'm like, I did pay it. Have you got your credit card? I sent them the email, and they replied back, don't know where the call centre is. I'll say it's somewhere overseas. Which one?

Sorry, the NZTA call centre services? No, the rental car company. And so they emailed me back saying, you're going to have to take this up with the transport, NZTA. So I ring them up. For $2? For $2. And at this stage, I'm like, is this worth my time?

But no, but I'm worried that, because when you sign the rental car agreement, you get a toll, you pay the toll plus a $60 fee. So I'm like, I don't want to pay that $60. There's no way on earth, because I've paid this toll. So I ring up NZTA and I'm like, hey, here's the license plate. He's like, oh, okay.

What's your time worth at this point, by the way? Do you know what I mean? So far, $2.30. And so I ring the guy and he's like oh yeah so i see why that hasn't gone through because somebody uh has an account on that license plate oh and i'm like oh the automatic yeah an automatic our plate is registered and so when we drive through tolls it just takes it from our car and then it just automatically but that's because it's our car why would a rental have that i know And so I said to him, I was like, who, what's the account?

He's like, the rental car company's account. So do you owe them money? And I'm like, weird. And so then I messaged them and called them and they're like, no, we don't have an account on that car. Oh, God. Someone take accountability. I'm like, fuck's sake.

And then so, yeah, I just emailed them back and they're like, no, take it up with them. And I'm like, oh, I just fucking give up. And so then they take two lots of $2.30 off my credit card, but no $60 fee. Okay, well, that's okay. But they charged me twice for the, instead of once. And I've been sat there thinking that you're an asshole trying to pull the wool over their eyes. Yeah, and so now I'm like, I think I'm just been sat there thinking that you're an asshole trying to pull the wool over their eyes. Yeah. And so now I'm like, I think I'm just letting this go and it's a loss.

But if I'd paid the $60 fee, I would have been so shitty. Look, $2.30. Vaughn, you got any coins you want to chip in? No, I don't have any coins. I'm down $2.30. On the way to work today, there was a guy at the traffic lights asking for coins. I didn't have any for him. I know.

He's up early. This is entrepreneurial. He's made a little sign. Right. I know. I felt bad for him. I said no as well this morning. I'm down $2.30.

Yeah. Are you all right, though, without it? I'm just asking for money. This guy who was asking for change at the lights had no money, no house, no nothing, no food. Because on his sign, it was really desperate and sad, like he'd been through some horrible times. You just sound like a prick. I didn't give him money because I didn't have any. Yeah.

Jared's given him a ciggy. That's not, well, I don't want a ciggy, but. Do you want a ciggy? Because that's about $2.30 down there for a ciggy. Okay, we'll give you a ciggy. I'm feeling aggrieved. I just wanted to air my grievance. Yeah, you know what?

You know what will relieve the stress? What's that? A delicious cigarette. If you don't want a cigarette, should we get some thoughts and prayers? Or do you and we'll split the ciggy? We'll split the ciggy and chuck you some thoughts and prayers.

I'll have the half of the ciggy without the filter because I'm a bit old school like that. You are. Oh, I thought we'd just sort of pass it back and forth. Oh, nah. You ought to snap it. That's how people get meningitis. Yeah, but I'm getting ripped off here because half my cigarettes are filter.

Yeah, but it's a safer cigarette. I'm looking after you if anything. Wait, why are you? It's my $2.30. No, but you didn't want the durry. That is all that's on offer here, sir.