The grumpy thread

[Alexg]

If I ring the DVLA could they tell me if I'm listed as the registered keeper? I can't get a refund on the tax because I don't know if it's been updated yet

 

Yes, if you ring and say you've applied weeks ago they will confirm you are/are not currently the registered keeper. I've sold cars without a V5, inviting the punter to your house and giving a neat full receipt for purchase and payment should relieve much of their fears.

[hairnet]

They won't tell you who is the registered keeper, but they will tell you the last time the V5 was changed over. If you do speak to them though please tell them to FOAD from me, cheers.

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went in to ask for duplicate and they said no when asked why they said oh the po might cash the remaining tax in - it hadnt and its been a while since the car place have had from the po - so they wouldnt let me have a duplicate :/

 

the cheeky bint on the desk at the vro was snotty too - went in later cos thought we;d found a way round it but the chap that helped us after couldnt be more different - v helpful and explained it fully as she hadnt

 

bonus was while waiting for new disc ( ) there was a notice saying the place was closing - and not just that one ALL of them - thought it was only selected ones when did that change?

[Negative Creep]

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went in to ask for duplicate and they said no when asked why they said oh the po might cash the remaining tax in - it hadnt and its been a while since the car place have had from the po - so they wouldnt let me have a duplicate :/

 

the cheeky bint on the desk at the vro was snotty too - went in later cos thought we;d found a way round it but the chap that helped us after couldnt be more different - v helpful and explained it fully as she hadnt

 

bonus was while waiting for new disc ( ) there was a notice saying the place was closing - and not just that one ALL of them - thought it was only selected ones when did that change?

 

 

They are all closing, but the Exeter one is still open for now

 

http://dvla-offices.co.uk/dvla-local-office-closures/

 

Quite why we don't have a system where you can simply go into a Post Office and change the ownership there and then is beyond me

[Cavcraft]

I don't want to hear about the DVLA/tax discs for a while.

 

Talking of which, have any of our number had success in taking DVLA to court and winning? They've recently stitched me right up and I cannot let them get away with it.

[Richard]

 

Quite why we don't have a system where you can simply go into a Post Office and change the ownership there and then is beyond me

 

Because they're all closing too.

[Lankytim]

Taking of the DVLA, they won't let me sorn the XM i've just bought because the tax was recently cashed in. Went to the post office and they can't do it without the reminder. WANKERS.

[brickwall]

Men who drive with no top on. Put a f'ing shirt on.

[nigel bickle]

Cav. I've beaten DVLA several times at their own game, and been awarded generous costs that they have been required to pay me.

 

But, it takes some cunning ,a degree of planning -and being legally 'in the right''.

 

The law is an ass, and they expect you just to roll over. Play them at their game. They won't be prepared -or ready.

[Cavcraft]

Thanks Nigel. I know you have far more pressing concerns than my minor annoyances with government agencies, but would it be ok to pm you later for some quick advice? No worries if not!

[Negative Creep]

Well problem over as the last owner never actually sent it off. So i can just get it back and tipp ex out my details

[nigel bickle]

Cavette- anytime mate, but I wont be able to respond as your inbox isn't taking messages (as I just discovered)

 

So, clear your box a bit, put your email address in -or have a long wait!!

[Station]

Fuck Dyson  - flogs us British enterprise and invention then ships the  whole shebang to shitland

 

 Have you used those Dyson blades? How about fixing something that wasn't broken? They dry only one surface of your hands!

[daveb47]

 Going to spend a lot of time visiting Queens hospital Romford and have just discovered that Estima is too high for bloody car park.

Urgently need a cheap small car  as i have now got hip and spine problems to add to list of other ailments.

Fucking nightmare trying to find somewhere to park as i cant walk far.

Going to have to go by bus tomorrow which i am dreading.

[daveb47]

Not seen that one Wat

[SambaS]

Todays shit list:

 

Corsas.

Opel Monzas.

Money. Tomorrow, being alive will cost me money. This is fundamentally wrong. It should not cost money for me to remain alive. I'm looking into ways around this.

Global banking system

The Council.. I don't remember signing any contract saying I agreed to pay the council money every month.

Peopke who get wound up over spelling and grammar, for fucks sake live a little.

[SambaS]

And another thing.

 

I spent £20 on gas on a gas card.

 

All year I have decided hot water was a luxury I could do without, thus I have not had heating over summer, or hot water.

 

Okay so back to my £20... sticks it in the meter £13.05 for debt... 95p for emergency credit so I got £6 of (fucking stupid) gas for my £20.

 

It appears just having the meter costs money each month so over summer my clever* budgeting idea actually leaves me in £60 worth of debt come October when I need to heat my home.

 

This is also fundamentally wrong. If I could find the person responsible, the CEO or whatever at Scottish Power who decides this is okay to do to people, on morality alone I could justify hanging him.

[Cavcraft]

Todays shit list:

 

Corsas.

Opel Monzas.

Money. Tomorrow, being alive will cost me money. This is fundamentally wrong. It should not cost money for me to remain alive. I'm looking into ways around this.

Global banking system

The Council.. I don't remember signing any contract saying I agreed to pay the council money every month.

Peopke who get wound up over spelling and grammar, for fucks sake live a little.

 

Shouldn't that be: People who get wound up over spelling and grammar, for fuck's sake, live a little?

[cobblers]

For just £30 a month British gas will come out and make your working boiler leak, then bugger off very quickly. Then come back a few days later (and arrive 8.5 hours late) to make it leak even worse and fob you off that it'll "stop leaking once the valve beds in", oh and completely fuck something else up so that the boiler won't even light again. All in all great service, if you have £30 a month you were considering spending on ice cubes to pour down your underpants, I would seriously recommend you reconsider.

[Junkman]

I LIKE CARS

 

Nah, OLL CARZ IS SHT!

[TimothyClaypole]

Ebay, pop on to relist an item.

 

"Dear Ebay, please stop making improvements.  I'm listing one item I don't want to setup a Payment policy, you already insist on Paypal which I'll manage with so why do I need a policy?  I'm selling some tat so I'm buggered if I'm making some kind of returns policy, we know you'll refund anyone for any reason so stop pretending there's any point in this idea, and I certainly don't need a postage policy, I'll look at what I'm selling then decide how much I'm prepared to get manhandled by Royal Mail in each case. Thanks in advance". - oh and it's a right laugh giving me a box to fill in then not having a working script to enter anything into it.

 

Policy my arse... find if you are drop shipping stuff from China and list 30,000 items a day etc. but for shit I'm trying to clear out of the house I really can't be bothered.

[SambaS]

Ebay has disappeared up its own arse never to return.

[Paul Dupart]

 Have you used those Dyson blades? How about fixing something that wasn't broken? They dry only one surface of your hands!

 

and here's me thinking they were for drying your dick!  No wonder mine wouldn't dangle in far enough.........

[vulgalour]

I find eBay is good for purchasing random service items for my shonky old heaps, but I've not attempted to sell anything on it for a very long time due to constantly losing money.  eBay charge you to list an item, take a cut from the final sale price and take another cut from Paypal payment.  Trouble is, there isn't a suitable alternative that's as convenient so as long as businesses and people still sell the things I want to buy at prices that appear reasonable I shall continue to give them my trade and be bitter about every single transaction that they shaft someone for fees with.

 

While on the subject of money people shouldn't take off you, I've been charged £45 in fees by my bank for being overdrawn three times, each time the direct fault of Bolsover Council for shifting a payment date, taking money they shouldn't and generally being big flappy yeasty cuntfaces.  The maximum I was actually overdrawn was £2, so how this equates to £45 in fees I don't know but having argued about it I just have to lie down and give them my wallet like the robbing bastards they all are.

 

At least work seems to be bumbling along nicely at the moment for the first time in above a year... and I've got my health and half a packet of peanut cookies to myself.  Things could be worse I suppose.

[Jim Bell]

And another thing.

 

I spent £20 on gas on a gas card.

 

All year I have decided hot water was a luxury I could do without, thus I have not had heating over summer, or hot water.

 

Okay so back to my £20... sticks it in the meter £13.05 for debt... 95p for emergency credit so I got £6 of (fucking stupid) gas for my £20.

 

It appears just having the meter costs money each month so over summer my clever* budgeting idea actually leaves me in £60 worth of debt come October when I need to heat my home.

 

This is also fundamentally wrong. If I could find the person responsible, the CEO or whatever at Scottish Power who decides this is okay to do to people, on morality alone I could justify hanging him.

 

All of this, is a travesty and an injustice.

[overrun]

'eBay'. It is now, and has been for some time, 'ebay'.

That doesn't really piss me off tbh.

 

Viewing two cars, four to five years of age and described as being in great condition...

 

One was in Manchester. A 280 mile round trip.

The other was found locally on Gumtree - it looked like it had fell out of the fucker.

[Cavcraft]

I managed a sneaky 'back door' sale through eBay yesterday and the bastards won't get a single penny of it.

[vulgalour]

So what I write eBay instead of ebay.  I also write e-mail instead of email. Wanna fight about it?

 

[overrun]

I managed a sneaky 'back door' sale through eBay yesterday and the bastards won't get a single penny of it.

 

I will end up in court for cancelled transaction on the that website.

 

I 'owe' them thousands.

[rml2345]

I was going to have a massive grump about having to restore the PC to factory settings, but the PC appears to have eaten the post I wrote because it is AN BASTARD. I hate computers...

Could be worse though I suppose. 

[beko1987]

I sell all the Dysons I refurb through the local faceache selling sites. Normally sold within 12 hours, picked up and CASHINMOIAAAAANNNNDDDD. Have had some real fitties buying as well, shame I'm spoken for.