A cautionry tale of me vs. previous owner vs. DVLA

good thinking, but get a photograph of it on a dated television programme, news paper or summat similar so you can prove you did have it. scandelous what the fugg is going on with these clowns!

What a premium-grade anus-ferret.
Sounds like the chap requires a robust shoe-ing.
Either that or consult the CAB, I'm pretty sure that you could take him to court over it. WAQNA.

Swear filter got me! I`m in no mood for jovially referring to such a person as a bounder or a cad.

The DVLA seem to just make it all up as they go along don't they. Are we saying that they are expecting two tax discs to be in circulation for this car at once?

Or that folk can cash in tax discs on cars they don't own? If so theres a lot of money to be made right there.

I'd be insisting that the DVLA contact the police about the previous owner's documented fraud claim.

find out the date you became legal owner of the vehicle, find out when the tax was refunded

contact your solicitor - and your MP

and write to the dvla informing them you are currently taking legal advice on the matter


**Under no circumstances give them the disc back - its your only proof the tax disc existed in your possession***

Just heard this one;

One of my old cars was stolen and I reported it to the police. When I got the car back again I noticed that the tax-disc had gone. I immediately told the DVLA who told me that I needed a note from the police to confirm that the car had been stolen so I got one pretty quickly and posted it off.

They wrote back saying that the tax had been claimed - after I told them that the car was stolen. I asked them how that could be possible and they just said that they paid out to whoever presented the disk.....I told them they owed me money as they had been told that it was stolen. Gues what - they basically told me that it was tough.

I told the police and they said it shouldn't be possible without proof of ownership or transfer of the vehicle.

So I guess the DVLA just make up their own rules. The guy that stole my car got my tax refund!

So..............You can only claim a refund from the DVLA by giving them a name and address to which to send the refund. But I don't think you need anything other than the disc.

So, when they have these "4x4" discs that cost £400 we know what's going to happen there then...

As far as buying a vehicle with tax is concerned, this is a loophole.
It is up to the seller to inform the DVLA that he has sold the car. There is nothing to stop him selling it, then claiming the disc is stolen or damaged, getting a replacement issued, then claiming a refund. All of this before he sends off the form to say that he sold it.

stinkwheel - had similar. write back, saying form was sent off with new owners details, no longer in my possesion. have saved the MS Word letter if you want a template. they will liekly try to scare you, but as long as you sent off your bit, its their responisibility, and the words 'legal' and 'feck aff' usually work here

to original point of thread... DO NOT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS! i hate, hate, HATE the licencing authorites for being so idiot-filled they cannot see over the end of their own pinocchio noses.
take a dated picture of the valid disc. tell them its going legal, and as previously said, inform the police of a documented fraud. although they will liekly do nothing, but they might be bored this week. you must, and with enough strong letter, get your money back, and make the authorites feel it too. without people like us standing up to this, the general motoring public will continue to get letters like my mum did and was likely to pay up if she hadn't had me to fix: a car I owned and sold on was later untaxed, i had a £80 fine, £40odd arrears or else a max £1k fine if i didnt pay up. oh but it was only £40 fine if i paid up sharpish. i told them to pish off and contact the new owner whose details had been posted to them.

It's surprising more tax discs don't get stolen really. Maybe that's going to be the next big thing.