[_] HMRC this time (was RANT: DVLA Online Services)
anthony story
anthony at junctionyk.co.uk
Fri Feb 1 08:23:24 GMT 2008
This time it's the tax return system which can't cope with demand - still must be hard to cope with everyone leaving it to the last minute - (how many underscorers are guilty?) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7219718.stm local boy, Adam Hart Davis (the face of the tax return) on radio this morning saying the system must be simpler! Anthony Anthony Story Mb: 07767 348 475 Registered Ltd Company Address: 12 King Square, Bristol, BS2 8JH Company Registration Number: 05239134 -----Original Message----- From: David Elliott [mailto:the1gadget at gmail.com] Sent: 31 January 2008 23:02 To: underscore at under-score.org.uk Subject: Re: [_] RANT: DVLA Online Services,from the sublime to the ridiculous... Hi Andy On Jan 31, 2008 1:16 PM, Andy Davies <dajdavies at gmail.com> wrote: > <rant> > > Having used the DVLA online service to tax our cars a few times and > being pleasnatly suprised at how simple and easy it was I decided to > use their site to do the change of address on my driving license > Let me join you . DO NOT TRY TO USE FF ans it will time out. Why ?? IE is OK.. -- David > Big mistake, spent about ten minutes filling in the forms and get to > the end of the process to find I get a nice pdf document to print off > and send in along with my current driving license, it would have taken > less time to fill in the form on the driving license by hand! > > As I was mighty brassed off, I whipped off an email to the DVLA who > responded: > > "As your enquiry is regarding an online application it will be > necessary for you to contact our designated help line on telephone > number 0870 850 2963." > > FFS, we pay for this buffoonery! > > </rant> > > -- > underscore_ list info/archive -> > http://www.under-score.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/underscore > -- David -- underscore_ list info/archive -> http://www.under-score.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/underscore