tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post5336036636417038016..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: Blue Indy Claims Electric Car Sharing Service Has Exceeded Expectations To DateGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-74086006323618916522015-09-23T11:32:01.602-05:002015-09-23T11:32:01.602-05:00Easiest way to eliminate this company from the lan...Easiest way to eliminate this company from the landscape of Indianapolis: Simply use the service. Let me explain. BlueIndy Private EV Charging Memberships are currently being billed incorrectly. According the Page 33 of the Terms & Conditions, the price should be $21.40 per year. Instead, they are billing $23.40 per year. Additionally, the price per hour is clearly displayed in the Terms & Conditions as $2.14 per hour. In the "History" portion of the site, my most recent charge was 1 hour and 54 minutes. But, instead of billing me $4.28 according to their published Terms & Conditions, they've billed me $2.14 for the first hour. And, $3.78 for the remaining 54 minutes as part of a "4 hour nighttime block charging rate." None of this is listed in the Terms & Conditions. They basically just made it up without updating their price list. Which means it's fraud! After 5 days, no one from BlueIndy has responded to my web messages. The French based phone support line is useless. They tell you to use the website for billing questions. So the last report is filing a chargeback with my credit card company. Which I have done. It occurred to me that since BlueIndy is currently running about 300 transactions per week, and payment processors typically RED FLAG merchants with chargeback rates in excess of 1% per month, it would merely take, on average, 12 incorrectly billed transactions per month, either in the form of incorrectly billed Membership Fees or incorrectly billed hourly charging fees, for BlueIndy to lose their ability to accept credit cards. That's a death knell for any company. Now, I'll be the first to tell you I WANT this company to succeed. I WANT the ability to park and charge my private electric vehicle at these stations. But, their current course of action is reckless and leads to oblivion. Success in America is all about high levels customer service and consumer protections when you're defrauded. Get with the program, BlueIndy! Endless press releases are useless in the world of social media and personal recommendations where people learn some facts about your organization.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05198387864026034097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-16865660944608832542015-09-22T21:44:28.062-05:002015-09-22T21:44:28.062-05:00Fed up with BlueIndy. Three bills from them. All t...Fed up with BlueIndy. Three bills from them. All the amounts are wrong. No one responds to my web messages. Phone support is useless. Gave up. Filed chargebacks with my credit card company (who normally does this over $2 here and $3 there???). I'd usually let this sort of thing slide, but they've royally pissed me off). I've never been so disappointed with a company ever. I'm an EV fanatic. I wanted to see them succeed. Right now I'd rate them a notch below Comcast in customer support. In other words: worse than terrible. Can't think of better words.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05198387864026034097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-76284821894303999282015-09-19T07:16:27.734-05:002015-09-19T07:16:27.734-05:00I have an idea. Perhaps one of Ballard's cron...I have an idea. Perhaps one of Ballard's cronies could set up a 501c3 to help disadvantaged northside and eastside youth. They could steal the batteries out of these illegally parked and never used Blue Indy cars, uhhh, recondition them (yeah, that's the ticket) and then sell them back to Ballard at 500% of original cost. This would be an economic boon to Indy, kind of like the Super Bowl. I'm sure Ballard would be on board because it would give him the opportunity to have his picture taken with some disadvantaged children of color. That might come in handy if he ever decides to run for national office. It's a win for the Chubby Marine. It's a win for the Cronies. Heck, it's even a win for Bollare. I'm not sure how but they're creative. They'll think of something. Get on it boys. Indy needs this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-11640461188548503802015-09-18T17:15:43.808-05:002015-09-18T17:15:43.808-05:00Here's a VIN for a Blue Indy car.
It has a Fr...Here's a VIN for a Blue Indy car.<br /><br />It has a French manufacturer code. I can't get a CARFAX for it. The NHTSA website doesn't recognize it.<br /><br />VL4BCUEA5GT000022<br /><br />This is likely an illegal car, not approved for U.S. roadway use. How did it get into the country, and how did Pence allow it to be licensed?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-14559368807253991042015-09-18T14:09:15.909-05:002015-09-18T14:09:15.909-05:00It is more accurate that I identify Brad Wernle as...It is more accurate that I identify Brad Wernle as a Senior Writer for Automotive News.Chas. M. Navarranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-48276427647375603302015-09-18T13:54:04.133-05:002015-09-18T13:54:04.133-05:00Eric Morris (12:42) reminds me of the crucial view...Eric Morris (12:42) reminds me of the crucial viewpoint I was trying to convey when I was interviewed a couple of weeks ago by Mr. Brad Wernle of Automotive News (Detroit). Mr. Wernle's piece should be published on or about September 28, 2015.<br /><br /><i>The point I attempted to make to Reporter Wernle several times throughout our discussion about Blue Indy rental cars is that corporatists like French Billionaire Bollore with their dreams of creating worldwide battery powered car rental business monopolies and establishing their necessary ubiquitous unproved electrical charging stations in the urban areas could never realize those dreams come true without the corporatists first buying corrupt politicians willing to break any law, override any governing body, dismiss constituency concerns about safety and neighborhood control, issue no or misleading economic impact reports (e.g.: IndyGO loosing customers and income), and willing to single-handedly take from the public domain territory and property and tax dollars and tax credits from "the people" and transfer all of that to the special interests.</i><br /><br />This is exactly what Republican Mayor Greg Ballard did with Blue Indy, Vision Fleet, and his many other well-known but little done about pay-to-play schemes. <b>And it is wrong.</b> And the Republican majority <b>Indiana Legislature was wrong</b> in abetting him do it, in effect, by acquiescing to Mr. Ballard's pleas to change long-standing, proved Indianapolis municipal rules, regulations, and procedures, and even political offices (as in the City County Council).<br /><br /><b>Above all, the Marion County people know it is wrong.</b> And they are angry and no amount of phony public relations lies about Blue Indy "success" and eventual "acceptance by the people" will ever make it so.Chas. M. Navarranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-71406092644887132282015-09-18T13:10:18.284-05:002015-09-18T13:10:18.284-05:00Why not? Only people who lie, cheat and steal get ...Why not? Only people who lie, cheat and steal get ahead in this country.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-51156699271036544542015-09-18T12:42:46.067-05:002015-09-18T12:42:46.067-05:00I'm going to teach my children to be full-on c...I'm going to teach my children to be full-on cronies--no more of this quaint notion of doing the right thing.Eric Morrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-27714795225946142522015-09-18T09:26:13.354-05:002015-09-18T09:26:13.354-05:00!!! --> "Politicians don't break a bun...!!! --> <i>"Politicians don't break a bunch of laws just for the hell of it unless there's something in it for them."</i><br /><br />Marion County voter disgust and anger is increasing regarding Mr. Ballard's unilaterally awarded monopoly for his expensive, high net carbon battery powered rental car business.<br /><br />Most everything we've been told and sold about Blue Indy is, from my research and IMHO, a huge lie. It's just that simple.Chas. M. Navarranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-52611010054607218212015-09-18T08:41:07.669-05:002015-09-18T08:41:07.669-05:00If these non-profit employees were doing work on b...If these non-profit employees were doing work on behalf of a church...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com