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(OT) Rant - Department of Motor Vehicles and other absurdities
"Magic Mood Jeep" wrote in news:gnve9r$f0g$1
@reader.motzarella.org: Are you in IN, by any chance? East side of San Francisco Bay, north of Berzerkeley. |
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(OT) Rant - Department of Motor Vehicles and other absurdities
"Nomen Nescio" wrote in message
... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- From: Pal, you don't *know* inefficiency until you've waited in line at the Massachusetts Registry! (In Mass., it's called the "Registry" of Motor Vehicles rather than "Department", the way it is in the rest of the country - or has that changed?) Nope. Still the RMV. And still employing some of the most useless SOBs on the face of the earth. The only good change is that now I can renew my drivers license online every other time it's due. Then I have to jump through the hoops, wait in line, just to get a new picture taken. The funny thing is that there are many states that will issue me a license to carry a concealed firearm without me ever having to walk in the door. It's all done by mail and I include the photo. I've renewed my TN drivers license online twice. It's very convenient but also kind of freaky when you think about it. They just send me a copy of my old license with a new issued and expiration date. It still has my old photo on it. My appearance hasn't really changed but they don't know that! Jill |
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(OT) Rant - Department of Motor Vehicles and other absurdities
"Magic Mood Jeep" wrote in message
... Almost makes you wish you had just driven to TN to get the original, eh? I went through something similar last year, but not quite as bad. When we paid off our Land Rover, we got the title in the mail, where the loan company (Land Rover Capital) had signed off and released it to us. It went missing. I went to get a replacement, but they couldn't give it to me as the loan company's name is still on it. I went home, called them and they faxed a lien release to the BMV (here in IN, it is called what it is BEAREAU of Motor Vehicles LOL). Went back to BMV and they STILL couldn't release it to me - seems they had Jaguar listed as the lei holder, not Land Rover (same company, different names) and to top it of, some inexperienced typist somewhere had misspelled it as Jaquar (who's ever heard of them). 1.5 hours, and 5 faxes explaining that Jaquar is a typo, and it should be Jaguar, and that Jaguar and Land Rover are one & the same (at least here in USA, the majority shareholder is Ford Motor Company), and that neither company still held a lien on the vehicle, I walked out with a duplicate title and it is now locked in our 'fireproof' safe. LOL I wish I'd thought about it when I went back last May to get my car and Persia! It never occurred to me I'd need the title to my car. That was the last thing on my mind. Dealing with it is such a hassle! I know I paid off the car. I know I got the title in the mail. That clerk at the DMV really ticked me off. She was insinuating I was trying to commit a crime by getting the title for a car I don't legally own! And then the dealership couldn't verify they'd sold me a car. Ironically, I got something in the mail from them yesterday offering me a "GREAT DEAL! for existing owners only!!" Oh, you can figure out you sold me a car when you want to sell me a new one. But you can't verify you sold me a car when I need to get a copy of the title. Sheesh. Jill |
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(OT) Rant - Department of Motor Vehicles and other absurdities
On Feb 23, 7:01*am, Sherry wrote:
Incompetence at the tag office can turn into a nightmare. Try this for size.....Dave was once sent several parking tickets from Hackney in respect of his beige Audi.....Dave doesn't drive and even if he did he wouldn't drive a beige anything! In the end, he had to go to court and swear that he was not the owner of the car. Looks like someone just put our address in the registration documents., Another time someone used this address when arrested and we kept getting summonses in this person's name when Dave phoned the court and said the person on the summons wasn't at this address, the clerk actually replied "You would say that wouldn't you?" So that was another trip to court- it's lucky our local court is only 4 doors down from us. But the winner was our local council who sent Dave a court date for failing to pay his poll tax, which he had paid so he went along to the court again and showed them the bill and they realised they meant someone with a similar sounding name should have got it and not him.....end of matter? Nope they later fined Dave for the costs of the court case they had brought against him even through he was the innocent party! Is it any wonder we're on the first name terms with the court officials? Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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(OT) Rant - Department of Motor Vehicles and other absurdities
On Feb 24, 7:56*am, wrote:
On Feb 23, 7:01*am, Sherry wrote: Incompetence at the tag office can turn into a nightmare. Try this for size.....Dave was once sent several parking tickets from Hackney in respect of his beige Audi.....Dave doesn't drive and even if he did he wouldn't drive a beige anything! In the end, he had to go to court and swear that he was not the owner of the car. *Looks like someone just put our address in the registration documents., Another time someone used this address when arrested and we kept getting summonses in this person's name when Dave phoned the court and said the person on the summons wasn't at this address, the clerk actually replied "You would say that wouldn't you?" *So that was another trip to court- it's lucky our local court is only 4 doors down from us. But the winner was our local council who sent Dave a court date for failing to pay his poll tax, *which he had paid so he went along to the court again and showed them the bill and they realised they meant someone with a similar sounding name should have got it and not him.....end of matter? *Nope they later fined Dave for the costs of the court case they had brought against him even through he was the innocent party! Is it any wonder we're on the first name terms with the court officials? Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Crazy stuff! Just like our Dept. of Motor Vehicles, you're "guilty until proven innocent." And the hassle of proving that is completely up to you. When we'd tell this story trying to unravel the error, we'd get this attitude like "Yeah, right. That's what they all say." While I"m remembering this deal, and ranting, the police took his driver's license away, and lost them! After we straightened the mess out, no one could find them anywhere. So that was another $20 to have a new license issued we had to pay. Sherry Sherry |
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(OT) Rant - Department of Motor Vehicles and other absurdities
I've renewed my TN drivers license online twice. It's very convenient
but also kind of freaky when you think about it. They just send me a copy of my old license with a new issued and expiration date. It still has my old photo on it. My appearance hasn't really changed but they don't know that! I can imagine a present-day Oscar Wilde using that idea for a novella about The Driving Licence of Dorian Gray. ==== j a c k at c a m p i n . m e . u k === http://www.campin.me.uk ==== Jack Campin, 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland == mob 07800 739 557 CD-ROMs and free stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, and Mac logic fonts |
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(OT) Rant - Department of Motor Vehicles and other absurdities
"Jack Campin - bogus address" wrote in message
... I've renewed my TN drivers license online twice. It's very convenient but also kind of freaky when you think about it. They just send me a copy of my old license with a new issued and expiration date. It still has my old photo on it. My appearance hasn't really changed but they don't know that! I can imagine a present-day Oscar Wilde using that idea for a novella about The Driving Licence of Dorian Gray. ROFL! I loved that book! Jill |
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(OT) Rant - Department of Motor Vehicles and other absurdities
Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
I can imagine a present-day Oscar Wilde using that idea for a novella about The Driving Licence of Dorian Gray. Another present-day writer, Will Self, has written a novel where Dorian Gray's portrait is a video installation... -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. |
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