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DVLA sending me a cheque!
DIR By: PallasAthena
Date: November 5, 2024, 11:12 am
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Just a rant about DVLA's old-fashioned bureaucratic
procedures....
I've sold my car. It was taxed up until next August. I used
their online procedure to notify the transfer/sale to the new
Keeper. They confirm it, all goes smoothly. And they will refund
me the tax from the end October until next August.
The refund arrives promptly enough, £120. I was beginning to be
impressed with their efficiency. But it's a cheque. A cheque!!!
Who uses cheques nowadays? What am I supposed to do with a
cheque! (Rhetorical rant, I do know what I have to do but it's a
real pain in the backside). I paid the tax by Direct Debit, they
have my up to date Debit Card details, so why on earth couldn't
they just credit the refund to the card I originally paid it
with? Grrr.
#Post#: 44109--------------------------------------------------
Re: DVLA sending me a cheque!
DIR By: John U.K.
Date: November 5, 2024, 11:22 am
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Some online bank accounts (e,g, NatWest) allow one to pay it in
online with a photograph of the cheque.
#Post#: 44129--------------------------------------------------
Re: DVLA sending me a cheque!
DIR By: SatnavSam
Date: November 5, 2024, 1:17 pm
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--- Quote from: John U.K. link ---
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> Some online bank accounts (e,g, NatWest) allow one to pay it
in online with a photograph of the cheque.
>
--- End Quote ---
As do Lloyds.
#Post#: 44130--------------------------------------------------
Re: DVLA sending me a cheque!
DIR By: d612
Date: November 5, 2024, 1:22 pm
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All of the old mainstream banks will let you pay in a cheque via
their mobile apps - that being Barclays, Lloyds, Natwest and
HSBC. No idea about the others.
DVLA are gradually setting up drivers user accounts. These hold
your licence details and you can add your cars onto your account
provided they are registered to your same address as the
licence. I guess eventually all this sort of thing will be done
online with you registering your payment info and getting
charged/refunds to it.
You can already with it set up email reminders about VED on your
cars and choose to stop gettign the paper form sent to you.
#Post#: 44180--------------------------------------------------
Re: DVLA sending me a cheque!
DIR By: Lodesman
Date: November 6, 2024, 3:03 am
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Natwest suggested to me that, after paying the cheque in via
their App, you write confirmation of the transaction on the
cheque in case you forget and try to pay it in twice.
Mind you cheques are as rare as hen's teeth now so forgetting is
unlikely.
#Post#: 44252--------------------------------------------------
Re: DVLA sending me a cheque!
DIR By: mickR
Date: November 6, 2024, 10:36 am
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--- Quote from: SatnavSam link ---
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> [quote author=John U.K. link=topic=3760.msg44109#msg44109
date=1730827350]
> Some online bank accounts (e,g, NatWest) allow one to pay it
in online with a photograph of the cheque.
>
--- End Quote ---
As do Lloyds.
[/quote]
and Barclays
#Post#: 44280--------------------------------------------------
Re: DVLA sending me a cheque!
DIR By: The Slithy Tove
Date: November 6, 2024, 2:13 pm
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If you don't have an app that'll let you scan in cheques, and
you can't get to a bank branch (all closed now where I live!) or
banking hub, most (all?) of the major banks allow you to deposit
cheques at your nearest Post Office.
#Post#: 44497--------------------------------------------------
Re: DVLA sending me a cheque!
DIR By: roythebus
Date: November 7, 2024, 8:33 pm
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I wish the DVLA would send my new licnce to me, it's only been
with them since March! But yes, I pay cheques in at my village
post office.
#Post#: 44590--------------------------------------------------
Re: DVLA sending me a cheque!
DIR By: PallasAthena
Date: November 8, 2024, 8:16 am
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Just to share something the counter clerk at my bank told me
when I went and paid the cheque in this morning in branch (one
of the traditional High Street banks - fortunately there is
still one near me).
I was bemoaning that DVLA still issue cheques and she told me
they see very few cheques paid in nowadays and that the largest
single source of them is the DVLA. Seems DVLA could be single
handedly keeping the cheque system alive!
#Post#: 44606--------------------------------------------------
Re: DVLA sending me a cheque!
DIR By: Rallyman72
Date: November 8, 2024, 10:13 am
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--- Quote from: d612 link ---
>
> All of the old mainstream banks will let you pay in a cheque
via their mobile apps - that being Barclays, Lloyds, Natwest and
HSBC. No idea about the others.
>
--- End Quote ---
You can add TSB to that list.
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