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DVLA rip off !!
« on: 22 January 2011, 12:12:06 »
Just got a letter from the DVLA, it's time for me to update by driving licence. Every 10 years apparently  ::)

Only £20.00 to do plus extra cost if i go to the local post office for them to do photo  :o :o :o :o

I've not even changed !!!! (apart from a bit of grey hair  ;D)

Got to think of a way of getting out of paying, change address ???? :'(
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Re: DVLA rip off !!
« Reply #1 on: 22 January 2011, 12:35:16 »
im afraid it is all a rip off mate..... having said that ill be glad tp update my license (got to do it next year) as my photo is awful  ;D

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Re: DVLA rip off !!
« Reply #2 on: 22 January 2011, 15:31:37 »
i changed address 2 years ago so i'm ok for a while, might change address again in just under 8 years :y
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Re: DVLA rip off !!
« Reply #3 on: 22 January 2011, 15:53:32 »
im lucky enough to still have a paper license, so no extra 'drivers tax' for me  :y
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Re: DVLA rip off !!
« Reply #4 on: 22 January 2011, 16:30:24 »
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im lucky enough to still have a paper license, so no extra 'drivers tax' for me  :y
Me too  :y
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Re: DVLA rip off !!
« Reply #5 on: 22 January 2011, 16:39:52 »
just wait until you need a new passport like i do, £77.50  :(
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« Reply #6 on: 22 January 2011, 16:42:19 »
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just wait until you need a new passport like i do, £77.50  :(

our household needs three new ones this year,bloody expensive >:(
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Re: DVLA rip off !!
« Reply #7 on: 22 January 2011, 16:45:41 »
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just wait until you need a new passport like i do, £77.50  :(

CHEAP. Because I live abroad mine cost 175 euros to renew via the Brit Consulate in Madrid! About £145. Rip off Britain reaches out.
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Re: DVLA rip off !!
« Reply #8 on: 22 January 2011, 16:49:03 »
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just wait until you need a new passport like i do, £77.50  :(

CHEAP. Because I live abroad mine cost 175 euros to renew via the Brit Consulate in Madrid! About £145. Rip off Britain reaches out.

Compared with a Turkish mate its cheap too, £170 odd for him, but its still £77.50 I could spend on fuel for my bike  :(
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Re: DVLA rip off !!
« Reply #9 on: 22 January 2011, 17:18:49 »
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im lucky enough to still have a paper license, so no extra 'drivers tax' for me  :y

Same here. 8-) :y
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Re: DVLA rip off !!
« Reply #10 on: 22 January 2011, 20:35:38 »
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im lucky enough to still have a paper license, so no extra 'drivers tax' for me  :y

Same here. 8-) :y

And here, one advantage of being on of the older bretheren :y
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Re: DVLA rip off !!
« Reply #11 on: 22 January 2011, 20:39:45 »
are u allowed to still have a paper license? i know at the start of the cards you you cud keep paper license if you didnt have to amend anything (like addresses). as theyve been in a while though i would have thought everyone wud have to have one?
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Re: DVLA rip off !!
« Reply #12 on: 22 January 2011, 20:57:07 »
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i changed address 2 years ago so i'm ok for a while, might change address again in just under 8 years :y
The renewal is from the date of first issue not the last change of address sorry the renewal date is on the card
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Re: DVLA rip off !!
« Reply #13 on: 22 January 2011, 21:50:10 »
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are u allowed to still have a paper license? i know at the start of the cards you you cud keep paper license if you didnt have to amend anything (like addresses). as theyve been in a while though i would have thought everyone wud have to have one?
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nope, if you have an 'old style' you can keep it forever, unless you need to change any details.
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Re: DVLA rip off !!
« Reply #14 on: 22 January 2011, 22:14:37 »
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nope, if you have an 'old style' you can keep it forever, unless you need to change any details.

Without looking I think mine runs out when I turn 70. Only another 28 years to go  :o :D
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