DVLA Gon' Rape Me!

[Fladdem]

Just found a letter saying I am being fined £80 for not taxing my pit bike.

What I think has happened, is I bought it when the tax was running out, so they sent the reminder to the previous owner, the V5 was then processed and so I never got a tax reminder.

The letter was sent out on the 23rd of October. I found it just now in a pile of junk mail, unopened. They gave me a deadline of 18/12/2014 to pay the fine. That's today. It says it gets seized if not paid.

Another thing is that I can't do it online because it's some random chinky bike on the logbook, not recognised anywhere.

Anyone with some legal knowledge help!
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Current:1991 Honda MT50 (Soon to be a H100/MTX/MT5 hybrid), 1976 Honda Cub C70, 2005 Honda Varadero 125, 1993 Yamaha TTR250 Open Enduro , 2010 Road Legal Stomp YX140, 1994 Honda CRM 250 MK III, 1999 Cagiva Mito 125, 1992 Honda CB400 Super Four, Stomp T4 230, 1984 Honda H100s, 2009 Sym XS125K
Past:2003 Aprilia RS125, 1982 Kawasaki GPZ550(FREE BIKE!)
I'm having more fun than a well-oiled midget.

[P.addy]

They should understand the doc ref no, my car isn't recognised anywhere but HPI and doc ref.

Try doing SORN instead to bail you out for a sec.

[swampy]

[Fladdem]

Just went to sorn it, it says the last tax/sorn expired on 01/07/2014 but the letter says 31/08/2014.

Something is definitely up with this, I didn't sorn it online in the end because I want to keep that as evidence. There has to be something there to argue. I just spoke to my mate, he insists he sorn'd it before selling it to me.

I may have to ring them up tomorrow.

[Tamsin]

Just do it then...

[iooi]

[Rogerborg]

Beaten to it.

How very co-incidentally convenient that you just happened to open the demand on the last day before action, eh.

Just SORN it now then await further developments. For the love of Hannigan, don't contact them.

DVLA collections NSL won't give a stuff about your "yehbut, Daz sed den deze dates is well bogus" story. Vehicle Excise Duty isn't fair, there's no contract, and the whole purpose of it is to rinse us for money.

If you want to tell them a tale, you can do it when the court summons hits the mat.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[Knacker]

Ignore it, I got sent a letter saying the same thing when I didn't sorn my GS in like 2008.

Never got a penny and I taxed the bike this month without any fees or charges mentioned.
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Current: Gsxr 600 Srad - GS125 - DT125
Previous: K1 GSXR 1000

[Fladdem]

[sidewinder]

Phone the the dvla up and explain the situation to them.there not that bad
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"Nitrous is like a cheap hooker, you want to hit it but are scared of the consequences

[Rogerborg]

[Tungtvann]

This happened to me this year, I sent them a letter saying I was away in Afghanistan and they were fine with that. No further letters or attempts to charge me money.

[Fladdem]

Sorn'd it last night. I caught my mum ringing the DVLA this morning explaining what happened. They dropped the charge to £40.

I still reckon I should have ignored it after sorning it. But I had no say in the matter and my mum reckons we should do the right thing, wrong thing, we're just teaching them that this is acceptable behaviour!
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Current:1991 Honda MT50 (Soon to be a H100/MTX/MT5 hybrid), 1976 Honda Cub C70, 2005 Honda Varadero 125, 1993 Yamaha TTR250 Open Enduro , 2010 Road Legal Stomp YX140, 1994 Honda CRM 250 MK III, 1999 Cagiva Mito 125, 1992 Honda CB400 Super Four, Stomp T4 230, 1984 Honda H100s, 2009 Sym XS125K
Past:2003 Aprilia RS125, 1982 Kawasaki GPZ550(FREE BIKE!)
I'm having more fun than a well-oiled midget.

[Rogerborg]

How did your mother even know?

Eh, never mind. That was a bad move as they'll now have you marked as a soft touch.

I would continue to ignore it (and have done) until and unless a court summons hits the mat. You can keep negotiating all the way up to the courtroom door. A prosecution (for not having VED or SORN which it sound like mumsie has just admitted by proxy) won't put a penny in their coffers, which is all they care about.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[Fladdem]

I tried to explain to her my problem and she took it upon herself to deal with it. I had already been speaking with my dad, he told me not to let them get anything! He agreed that no contact should be made, it should just be sorn'd and ignored. I can't see them trying to take me to court over £80.

Do you reckon they've got a list of all the pushovers on a wall somewhere? All the people that ignore their letters aren't there and so never get anymore letters off them.
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Current:1991 Honda MT50 (Soon to be a H100/MTX/MT5 hybrid), 1976 Honda Cub C70, 2005 Honda Varadero 125, 1993 Yamaha TTR250 Open Enduro , 2010 Road Legal Stomp YX140, 1994 Honda CRM 250 MK III, 1999 Cagiva Mito 125, 1992 Honda CB400 Super Four, Stomp T4 230, 1984 Honda H100s, 2009 Sym XS125K
Past:2003 Aprilia RS125, 1982 Kawasaki GPZ550(FREE BIKE!)
I'm having more fun than a well-oiled midget.

[Rogerborg]

Can't say. I've never contacted them about their threats and have never been prosecuted.

Paddy's on first name terms with his personal prosecutor by now.

If I'd been involved in developing their system then at some point I would have suggested that priority be given to mugging victims who had made contact. I'd then shower, but I'd never be clean.

Mugging those who have tried to do the right thing isn't fair, but that's not the point of VED.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike