Outraged pensioner stops Smethwick shop charging to process Payzone bills
An outraged Smethwick pensioner has forced her local shop to stop charging £1 to process bills on their PayZone machine.
Shirley Smith, aged 67, was furious when the shop on Brasshouse Lane charged her to pay her electricity and gas bills.
Mrs Smith contacted Payzone to complain and wants to warn other shops not to try the same trick or she will call them out.
She said: "I could not believe it when I was charged £1 to pay a bill. It is disgusting, they know the poorest people in society usually pay their bills this way and they charge them.
"I told them I was not having it and rang Payzone to complain. At the start I was not sure if it was a Payzone charge or the shop, but I found out it was the shop."
