trikerneil
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| posted on 14/1/06 at 06:57 AM |
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Another moral(?) issue
At the end of December I re-taxed my tin-top for six months. Saturday morning, the place was awash with pensioners and parcels.
When I came to put the disc in the windscreen I realise it's a 12 month one.
Now what?
ACE Cafe - Just say No.
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flyingkiwi
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| posted on 14/1/06 at 07:56 AM |
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Its all computerised now, so I think on the monday someone will pick up the mistake. You never know if you fess up they might just give you the 12
months!
It Runs!!!!! Bring on the SVA!
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lewis635
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| posted on 14/1/06 at 08:01 AM |
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I would wait and see if they send you a renewal notice in 6 months, if they do then they will have registered you as paying for 6 months and you were
wrongly given a 12 month disk, if you dont receive a renewal then, cheers easy just get a new disk next december, you cant be done for not displaying
a valid tax disc.
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mark_UK
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| posted on 14/1/06 at 08:22 AM |
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They also have another offence of "fraudulent use of tax disc" as I found to my cost when I was young and silly I personally wouldnt
take the risk.
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ch1ll1
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| posted on 14/1/06 at 08:58 AM |
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imho i would go back and sort it
think you may be ok for at least 6 months
but they now no if you taxed tested and insured (which you already no).
i once bought a car with 5 monthx taX on it, then about 2 weeks later recieved a letter saying i had to hand the tax disc in and retax it,
phoned and asked why, they replied the chap who had it used a rubber cheque,
and renders the disc worthless .
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graememk
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| posted on 14/1/06 at 09:02 AM |
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you could see what happends in 6 months
but i'd drop them a call as i'm sure the post office would of made a loss so a bit unfair
[Edited on 07/03/77 by graememk]
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907
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| posted on 14/1/06 at 09:53 AM |
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Hi All,
I bought my bike in '98. It was 10 months old with 2700 on the clock.
£1000 cheaper than a new one.
The bloke said he'd removed the tax disc in case it was stolen, and he
would find it and drop it in to me. (only 7 miles away) He never did.
When the V5 came back from Swansea the bike was registered as a
YAMAHA
YZF 1000R
MOPED
WOW! A 1000 cc, 170 mph, Moped ?????
Sent it back and got it changed.
In 2002 I was done for speeding, 81 in a 60.
(open straight road, not another vehicle in sight, copper behind a bush, blah, blah.)
The point is he went over the bike with a fine toothed comb. He would have spotted a £15 tax disc.
Then there's the insurance issue, not taxed = insurance void with some companies.
Paul G
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JoelP
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| posted on 14/1/06 at 10:29 AM |
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im certain you will recieve a renewal notice in 6 month, and they've just filled out the wrong disc. Id take it back on the grounds that theres
nothing to gain by keeping it.
Beware! Bourettes is binfectious.
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cornishrob
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| posted on 14/1/06 at 10:42 AM |
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Just before i sold my GT4 the insurance was due for renewal, One reason among many why i sold it.
Before i renewed my insurance i changed car and was waiting for the policy to end its term before changing vehicle as i still had the GT4 was going to
get the most out of the insane cost of insuring it.
Anywho 2 weeks before the policy ended the company sent me a new policy renewing my insurance with them for the next 12 months, I called them and they
knew nothing of it so if i were to get pulled over it wouldn't come up on computer but i would have had documentation showing i was insured,
good job i was changing car and checked!
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Messenjah
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| posted on 14/1/06 at 12:05 PM |
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surely they cant fine you for their own mistake so take a chance i say
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indykid
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| posted on 14/1/06 at 12:19 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Messenjah
surely they cant fine you for their own mistake so take a chance i say
i'm reasonably sure they'd try
tom
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chrisg
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| posted on 14/1/06 at 01:16 PM |
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What's "car tax" I've never heard of it and the car seems to run fine without it.
Cheers
Chris
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JoelP
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| posted on 14/1/06 at 01:24 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by chrisg
What's "car tax" I've never heard of it...
similar vein to a correct v5 chris 
Beware! Bourettes is binfectious.
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jonbeedle
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| posted on 14/1/06 at 03:54 PM |
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Ignore it. You can always plead ignorance.
"Everyone is entitled to an opinion however stupid!"
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Peteff
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| posted on 14/1/06 at 04:13 PM |
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You can always plead ignorance.
Ignorance is no defence in the eyes of the law.  The Post Office will pick it up when they come to do their audit and are down on the months'
takings. It will have to be made up from somewhere or put right.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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froggy
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| posted on 14/1/06 at 04:51 PM |
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surely not your mistake at worst youl get a letter asking you to surrender the disc to be replaced with an appropriate one?
would be nice to get a little bonus though
ive only ever had one government cock up with a vat demand on a car i imported from the channel islands unfortunately they couldnt understand the vin
number so charged me vat on 92 vauxhall carlton saloon to the tune of £57.00 instead of the £1600 it would have been had they done their job
properly
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trikerneil
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| posted on 14/1/06 at 06:12 PM |
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Well I went in the Post Office today.
They can't sort it, so I've got to get on to DVLA and sort out their c*ck up 
It'll be done at my convenience now!!
I see the other moral dilemma is at 85% pay the bloke, this is more even, what does that say for our attitude towards government?
[Edited on 14/1/06 by trikerneil]
[Edited on 14/1/06 by trikerneil]
ACE Cafe - Just say No.
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indykid
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| posted on 14/1/06 at 07:15 PM |
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if they can't sort it at the post office, i'd leave it.
apparently i need to send the sorn reminder off to dvla for my donor with a covering letter all because leeds local office can't process it
right in the first place!
if they need it, they can chase me for it, and if they still want me to send it off, they can have an invoice for a first class stamp and my time
pratting about sorting them out. it's already cost work for 2 phone calls to the 'hotline' to try sort it out
tom
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Simon
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| posted on 14/1/06 at 09:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
Ignorance is no defence in the eyes of the law.
I'd like the opportunity to put this into practice one day, by taking ALL statute books into court and asking
"You expect me to know all this!!!!!!!!
Bearing in mind we have nearly a thousand years of law, I think the case would stand up quite well!
ATB
Simon
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bob
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| posted on 14/1/06 at 10:19 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
quote:
Originally posted by chrisg
What's "car tax" I've never heard of it...
similar vein to a correct v5 chris
LOL nice one joel
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Peteff
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| posted on 15/1/06 at 12:26 AM |
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a correct v5 chris
You know, one of those German Doodlebug things . B@$tards bombed our chippie.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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