Being told i have failed to tax a sorn car!

Stinky · 13 Jun 2008 at 18:47

just got home to find a letter from the DVLA telling me that i have failed to tax a car that i scrapped over 6 months ago! it was declared of the road when i first got it! i then scrapped it and sent the yellow slip to the DVLA!

now they are saying unless i can prove this is the case i must pay a fine of £80

i never got anything through the post telling me that i need to tax the car or anything. just this today.

anyone had this before??

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 13 Jun 2008 at 18:48

Stinky · 13 Jun 2008 at 19:05

i sent the yellow bit off.

didnt thnk about photo copying it.

Dogbreath · 13 Jun 2008 at 19:13

I know someone who is in a very similar position, and ended up having to pay up. The DVLA are basically incompetent.

Beans on toast Dave · 13 Jun 2008 at 19:19

have you phoned them and explained that its scrapped and where it was scrapped etc?

Stinky · 13 Jun 2008 at 19:23

challengedavid said:
have you phoned them and explained that its scrapped and where it was scrapped etc?

only got the letter today when i got home from work at 6.30 so cant ring them until monday morning

Beans on toast Dave · 13 Jun 2008 at 19:24

well its their mistake, phone on monday and explain that you sent the forms in and its their fault

The Edge · 13 Jun 2008 at 19:32

What are they going to do, come round and crush it?

Stinky · 13 Jun 2008 at 19:45

The Edge said:
What are they going to do, come round and crush it?

get the debt collectors in???

DB_SamX · 13 Jun 2008 at 19:49

Stinky said:
get the debt collectors in???

Possibly, but they can't do much other than threaten.

Maybe RM lost the letter as well. Best of luck to get it sorted. Hope you have sort sort of evidence, even though it shouldn't have come to this.

PhillyDee · 13 Jun 2008 at 19:50

The Edge said:
What are they going to do, come round and crush it?

Lol.

Stinky · 5 Jul 2008 at 20:37

wrote them a letter weeks ago. finally got a reply today.

"We will be taking no further action!"

yay

AtreuS · 5 Jul 2008 at 20:58

Stinky said:
wrote them a letter weeks ago. finally got a reply today.

"We will be taking no further action!"

yay

I love the way they always try to word it so they are "letting you off" rather than admitting they were wrong in the first place. You gotta love em

teulk · 6 Jul 2008 at 01:51

When you sent of the forms to declare your car as SORN you should have got a letter back a few weeks later telling you that they had received your SORN application. I have delcared a car SORN and i have also informed them that i have scrapped a car, if my memory serves me correctly they are two different forms - then again i declared my car as SORN online but aent the forms by post to scrap it. Anyway in both instances i got a letter saying they had received both forms.

Nomisf · 6 Jul 2008 at 07:11

They are useless, this is the second time now I have taken ownership and they have screwed up my name on the V5C , its not hard either (Simon Frost) , but without fail it always comes back as SIMON FORST. Grrr.

realscot · 6 Jul 2008 at 08:19

yeah when I got my car it came back as Gary M'Rae.. instead of McRae.. i mean M'rae who has ever even seen that last name?