Nice suprise...from Swansea

Hayden · Post by **Hayden** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 9:02 pm

I traded my bike in on Monday just gone, picked up the new one and all very happy.

Today I received a road tax refund for the remainder on the old bike...blimey, I didn`t think they did that..

very suprised as I`d read a lot of bad press regarding the new vehicle tax system.

Steve

big rob · Post by **big rob** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:27 am

Don't forget you will have had to pay road tax from 1st June for your new bike & you will have got nowt back for the month of June on your old bike, therefore you have paid 2-lots of Road Tax for June.....

Hayden · Post by **Hayden** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:04 pm

Bugger...its shite isn`t it!

only a couple of quid on a bike, but I imagine quite a sum on some fancy cars?

GerryB · Post by **GerryB** » Sun Jun 21, 2015 1:00 pm

Hayden wrote:Bugger...its shite isn`t it!

only a couple of quid on a bike, but I imagine quite a sum on some fancy cars?

Multiply that by every single vehicle changing hands every month ....

Some where in my simple out look , I thought govt or quasi govt organisations were NOT allowed to make a profit off the public .....

Herb · Post by **Herb** » Sun Jun 21, 2015 2:00 pm

I had this experience this month buying my sons first car. If you follow the law to the letter, it's a pain in the backside.

Tax now belongs to the keeper, not the vehicle, so I bought Toms car on the 15, the previous owner had taxed the car until the end of the month, but I had to tax the car from the first June.

I also had to tax it online after the log book had been signed before I could drive it home.

I do wonder who thinks of these processes sometimes? This process is really poorly thought through. There should be a couple of days grace when you change a vehicle to at least allow you to drive it home.

dave the german · Post by **dave the german** » Sun Jun 21, 2015 3:57 pm

I do wonder who thinks of these processes sometimes? This process is really poorly thought through. There should be a couple of days grace when you change a vehicle to at least allow you to drive it home.[/quote]

They do allow it only not here - I believe it's in a place called Cuckoo Land
Robbing barstewards but what can you do? At least with a bike you can transport it home in a van (as I did with my R12)