Jimmycrackcorn Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Bought new car at the beginning of the month, got the new keepers slip etc. Mot'd last week and just sorted insurance out. I've gone to tax it as I need it to go down south day after Boxing day and it's saying the green keepers slip I currently have is invalid. Now I presume that it's because the new V5 has been issued but with Xmas post how the fuck can I tax it in time? (I would just go to the Post Office but at the moment I can't afford to do 6months I need to do it monthly) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr A Lawrence Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 I don't pay road tax so I can't feel your pain. Can you only do ppm online?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Computer says no.......... i can imagine it is very hard especially if .....computer says no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmycrackcorn Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 Exactly that computer says no, the only I can get round it is by paying 6 months at the Post Office. If I could speak to someone to find out when it was issued It would at least give me a clue as to when it might get here but I'm not optimistic. It is a ridiculous situation where I can't tax a perfectly road legal vehicle because there is no overlap with the V5 ref used for taxing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 .... all because the computer say no. i love computers me, they make everyday life so much* easier* DSdriver and CHRIS1980 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexg Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Have you called the DVLA? I know it's a massive ball ache and they're prime objective appears to be to fob you off and get shot of you, but they may be able to confirm the validity of the docs etc. Craig the Princess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmycrackcorn Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 Does anyone know a number I can call tomorrow and speak to an actual person? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmycrackcorn Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 Have you called the DVLA? I know it's a massive ball ache and they're prime objective appears to be to fob you off and get shot of you, but they may be able to confirm the validity of the docs etc.Every number I've found so far is purely automated services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexg Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 The automated answering thing is bollocks as it doesn't always put you through to an advisor. Try just mashing all the numbers and eventually it gives up and puts you though to a Welshman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel bickle Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 You can tax monthly at the Post Office.... They will ask you to complete a paper direct debit, transcribe it onto the screen with minimal bother. Takes a couple of minutes eddyramrod, NorthernMonkey, Jimmycrackcorn and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmycrackcorn Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 You can tax monthly at the Post Office.... They will ask you to complete a paper direct debit, transcribe it onto the screen with minimal bother. Takes a couple of minutesReally, If I can that's great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel bickle Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 I've done it numerous times.. My post office ( inside my loca Co op) is open whenever the shop is open, so you should be able to do it now, Sunday afternoon, assuming the till jockey isn't a total numpty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmycrackcorn Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 It'll have to be in the morning, that's a weight off my mind though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernMonkey Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Tis true...I did it myself this very week as the car I was trying to do online had only been Sorned three days previously so the computer suspected skullduggery afoot... Jimmycrackcorn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmycrackcorn Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 Just spoke your actual real life Taff and the new V5 was sent our Friday, so there's a chance it'll be here for Thursday.I asked about taxing it monthly at the Post Orafice and she said they wouldn't do it. So fingers crossed it will be here in time for a jaunt from Gateshead to Bracklesham Bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel bickle Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Shows what they know Not thought of actually going in there,and asking a real Post person? Taff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 If it already been taxed on the green slip it won't let you do it twice on that code Did you buy it off a trader? He probably taxed it without changing the keeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmycrackcorn Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 No it was a private sale. It won't let me tax it off the new keepers slip as it's been superseded by the new V5, if I'd taxed it on Thursday like I'd intended It wouldn't have been a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taff Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Really, If I can that's great. Nah, Nige gets his kicks misleading the hard of thinking online... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmycrackcorn Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 I deal with the Post Office everyday doing the same thing and each time I get a different result or answer so I don't hold a lot of trust with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taff Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax-direct-debit/setting-up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmycrackcorn Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 Thanks for that, do they not use the V5 (new keepers bit) reference then?That's partly the reason why I hate these services, why did the lady I spoke to give me the same information or even direct me to it. I used to work for HMRC and it used to rile me up people being given the wrong information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Try just mashing all the numbers and eventually it gives up and puts you though to a Welshman No, don't do this! Every automated phone system should have provision for those who don't have a touchtone phone, simply dial the number and when connected don't press any buttons at all.The system will run through the menus and then put you through to a human when it can't detect your inputs. Taff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSdriver Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 No, don't do this! Every automated phone system should have provision for those who don't have a touchtone phone, simply dial the number and when connected don't press any buttons at all.The system will run through the menus and then put you through to a human when it can't detect your inputs.Not always, I use the don't press anything technique but sometimes it just repeats the list over and over until it cuts you off. Worth trying though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthebeard Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 ^^^ Same here IMHO. Just goes back to the 'press 1 for this, press 2 for that' etc. None of which is usually relevant. After 30 minutes I just fly into a rage and hang up, accepting* the fact that all this has cost me £1.37 because Sky Talk doesn't include Wales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 When I taxed the Dyane, it was a ballache as I'd had to apply for the V5. I phoned up DVLA who confirmed the logbook had been processed and they were able to take an immediate payment, but only for six months minimum. I've not taxed at a Post Office for AGES but I'd certainly trust Monsieur Bickle on this one rather than the DVLA non-Post Office person. nigel bickle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmycrackcorn Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 Going to venture out into the blistering sunshine tomorrow and find one of these infamous offices, no idea where our local one is so it probably isn't that local at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 As already been said but I can also verify post offices will sort it. Done myself numerous times. Don't fanny about with dvla or what they say just go post office say you want to tx car on DD and they will do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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