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BrownTrousers |
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BrownTrousers Trackday Trickster
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Posted: 12:33 - 30 May 2018 Post subject: DVLA fine for no tax |
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TLDR:
I owned a bike, it was taxed until 1st April 2018.
I sold the bike to a dealer on 24th March 2018. Gave them the V5, got a receipt. They said they would process the transfer online.
I got a letter from DVLA early April warning me that i hadn't taxed it: I ignored it as I assumed they sent it out before the transfer happened.
Got another letter yesterday demanding £80 fine for no tax (Plus £7 arrears).
I contacted the dealer, who say they forgot to process it, and they processed it online yesterday (with a transaction date in March).
Theres no phone number on the letter to explain the above to a human, just three boxes to tick why i shouldn't have to pay by either 1) proving i have already taxed it 2) proving i sorned it or 3) proving i have sold it and notified them.
If i pay immediately the fine is only £40.
So - should i pay the fine, Ignore the letter or try to argue my case?
For £40 I guess i should suck it up and pay - lesson learned to be more pro-active in notifying them next time and not make assumptions about dealer's efficiency. ____________________ Bikers make great organ donors - add your name to the register
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P. Red Rocket
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Posted: 12:39 - 30 May 2018 Post subject: |
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No fine there fam, dat is bribe.
I'd do fuck all, not your problem. Show DVLA via post if needed that you sold it that day, if they even bother. Tell them to fuck off, exact words. You definitely recorded the call with the dealer didn't you, because its only idiots that don't record their calls these days
In short, fuck em, don't pay, cunt them off. |
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BrownTrousers Trackday Trickster
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Posted: 12:52 - 30 May 2018 Post subject: |
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I should have predicted the fine/bribe conversation.
Technically the letter states i have to pay a penalty under section 31A of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994.
to pay this penalty, i have to go to www,gov.uk/pay-dvla-fine ____________________ Bikers make great organ donors - add your name to the register
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piazza Brolly Dolly
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Posted: 13:00 - 30 May 2018 Post subject: |
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Give the letter to the dealer with a laugh and a wink. He knows the penalties |
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Rogerborg nimbA
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Posted: 13:39 - 30 May 2018 Post subject: Re: DVLA fine for no tax |
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BrownTrousers wrote: | Gave them the V5, got a receipt. They said they would process the transfer online. |
https://i.imgur.com/LgjbkjX.png
Sorry to hear that you trusted a dealer, but you trusted a dealer. It's your responsibility to inform the Secr'ty State (via the DVLA) about the change of keeper, not theirs.
DVLA aren't going to care. If you tell them the sorry tale, all you're doing is admitting to them that you didn't do what you were responsible for doing.
BrownTrousers wrote: | I contacted the dealer, who say they forgot to process it, and they processed it online yesterday |
They lied to you once, why trust them again?
I would suggest:
Get it on record that the dealer did not do what they told you that they'd do. Ask if they want to pay the blackmail demand that has resulted from their failure.
Inform the DVLA in writing when you sold the vehicle and who you sold it to, and suggest that they should pursue the de facto keeper (the dealer) with their blackmail demand. You could go ahead and assert that you did so send off the change of keeper to them in a timely fashion.
Ignore anything further from the DVLA, tell them nothing else, and see if they bother to prosecute you in about 5 months. Nothing that you tell them will help you - they only want your money-money-money.
If they do prosecute, take it on the chin, since you've already admitted to the offence. Bribe the prosecutor at the door (start with £10, so poor) or go guilty, so very sorry, let myself and everyone else down, so many dead kittens. Only baww about the dealer in mitigation, not as a defence.
Invoice the dealer for the amount of any (actual) fine. LBA, small claims, lulz. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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Posted: 08:36 - 31 May 2018 Post subject: Re: DVLA fine for no tax |
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BrownTrousers wrote: | I got a letter from DVLA early April warning me that i hadn't taxed it: I ignored it as I assumed they sent it out before the transfer happened. |
No help I'm afraid, however I have been in a similar situation.
When I spoke to a DVLA desk jockey he stated that the VED reminders were printed out 6 weeks prior to their expiry dates and once they were in the system they couldn't be removed.
The whole system is flawed, they'd never admit it though, we permanently exported a vehicle 2 years ago, followed the procedure to the letter, yet today the vehicle still shows up on their system as SORN!
In an ideal world, just for fun, I'd like to unSORN it, just to embarrass the halfwits in court. Unfortunately I can't because unSORNing requires tax, insurance and MOT, which I can't get. I'm guessing the vehicle, which no longer exists in the UK, will remain on the 'system' as an anomaly until the end of time, marvellous! ____________________ "Everybody needs money, that's why they call it money!" |
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BrownTrousers Trackday Trickster
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Posted: 09:32 - 31 May 2018 Post subject: |
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As advised by BCF legal experts, I wrote back to DVLA saying "not my bike", and also wrote to the dealer asking for an apology and £47.
To my surprise, the dealer has coughed up, so I'll wait 27 days to see if DVLA retract the fine (doubtful) and if not, I'll pay it whilst it's still a reduced amount.
No harm done I suppose, I live and learn. ____________________ Bikers make great organ donors - add your name to the register
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P. Red Rocket
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Posted: 10:01 - 31 May 2018 Post subject: |
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Dealer in customer service shocker. |
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Rogerborg nimbA
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Posted: 10:21 - 31 May 2018 Post subject: |
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BrownTrousers wrote: | see if DVLA retract the fine (doubtful) |
Please, for the love of Allan, stop calling it a "fine". I'm begging you, man. So, so, triggered.
They can't retract it, since it's not been issued. It's just a blackmail demand which they'll hold over you. If you don't pay up, they might take you to court, they might not. You did commit an "offence", and all you're doing by bawwing to them about it is admitting guilt. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 5 years, 348 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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