But the fact the fees are clearer does not make them all more palatable. Retailers do not charge “transaction” or “order processing fees”, so why can they still be slapped on tickets? Yet some households on fixed tariffs with large balances are still told that their supplier wants to increase their direct debit. One of the recurring themes of Guardian Money readers’ problems is the struggle to find someone to help when something goes wrong. Bringing forward and enforcing the planned code, so that drivers are not receiving bills for parking crimes they did not commit, would leave a welcome gap in the Guardian Money postbag.