DVLA on line tax farce.
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pauljmcnulty
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I logged on at about 17:00 and sailed through in no time. They've even cut out the bit where it waits to find your MOT and insurance, it's as fast as you can enter your card details!
I was dreading it, after the news reports of the site crashing. I don't understand it, as surely only the usual number of people are taxing their cars this month?
I was dreading it, after the news reports of the site crashing. I don't understand it, as surely only the usual number of people are taxing their cars this month?
GlennS
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Odd, isn't it? Yet according to the BBC News web site, "the DVLA said that an extra 30,000 people had visited the site, compared to the same day last year." One wonders where all the extra "taxers" have come from!
My suspicion is that now people don't have to "allow up to 5 working days" for their disc to arrive, many more people have left it until the last minute to tax their vehicles.
My suspicion is that now people don't have to "allow up to 5 working days" for their disc to arrive, many more people have left it until the last minute to tax their vehicles.
'work' is stretching it a bit James, visit would be more apt.
The additional 30,000 on-liners visiting the site were last year visiting the local post office with cash in their hands to buy road tax.
The additional 30,000 on-liners visiting the site were last year visiting the local post office with cash in their hands to buy road tax.
Can't you put a note on the windscreen that the "tax is in the web"
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pauljmcnulty
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pauljmcnulty
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Indeed. And even so, 30,000 shouldn't bring the site down.
They must handle millions of applications each month? Most of those will be in the days around the end/start of the month already; who does their tax disc in the middle of the month! [&:]
Maybe they used to like going to collect the paper from the post office and now there is no paper to collect they went online instead - or if it is the whole site rather than the payment section, maybe to check the new rules - I only realised yesterday (after visiting the website) that if I sell my car (now with 11 months tax) in the middle of the month I will get 10 months back the new owner will have to tax it from the 1st of this month so my car will in effect be double taxed this month In the old days I would have sold it with the tax (unless the purchaser was really pushing the price down - now you cant)
I had also assumed that if you had a disc that is still current you had to display it until expiry, but I think you can remove it now.
Tony
I had also assumed that if you had a disc that is still current you had to display it until expiry, but I think you can remove it now.
Tony
With respect to Matt whose copyrighted cartoon is shown below from today's image at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/matt/
According to this morning's paper......
"the website and its associated phone line became so swamped that they ground to a halt. Both were also out of service for 12 hours from Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning for maintenance which added to the problems."
Booze up and Brewery come to mind.
"the website and its associated phone line became so swamped that they ground to a halt. Both were also out of service for 12 hours from Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning for maintenance which added to the problems."
Booze up and Brewery come to mind.
I think its left a lovely space for the Club 944 register sticker
J.C944TurboMan
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I purchased my 944 on the 7th of SEp last month and did not insure the vehicle and tax it till the first of Oct .
I tried that online service and it was like a scratched record ! It tried to back tax it to 1st Sep ?
I went to my local Post office and long behold they managed to tax it there and then no problems .
The automated service had no option to discus that the vehicle had been off the road ! I should have done a sorn, but thought that the previous owners sorn would cover it !!
Bad automated services just do my box in
I tried that online service and it was like a scratched record ! It tried to back tax it to 1st Sep ?
I went to my local Post office and long behold they managed to tax it there and then no problems .
The automated service had no option to discus that the vehicle had been off the road ! I should have done a sorn, but thought that the previous owners sorn would cover it !!
Bad automated services just do my box in
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