'It's very unusual,' former Montreal resident receives 'invoice' for $0.01

A former Montreal resident was left confused when she received what looked like an invoice from the city for one cent.

A former Montreal resident was left confused when she received what looked like an invoice from the city for one cent.

The invoice came after she inadvertently applied for a permit to occupy the road in front of her place in the Sud-Ouest borough to move, and then cancelled that permit.

"It's very unusual," said Roxanne Charlebois, who moved from Montreal to Deux-Montagnes this summer. "Very questionable as well because the first thought that I think everyone is having is that it cost over a dollar to post this by mail, so what are you trying to get? You're in the negative by doing this."

Charlebois said she called in May to inquire about a temporary permit to park in front of her residence for the upcoming move and get an estimate.

"But the email I got actually confirmed that the whole process went forward, and I got billed for that permit," she said. The city sent her an official permit with an invoice for $160.

She decided to cancel the permit after speaking to a neighbour and sorting the situation out.

An agent from the city returned her call a month later, in June.