Had the misfortune of having my plates stolen last night while attending a work go-karting event. Retraced the route to see if they had been discarded but as expected I didn't find anything.
Am hopeful the venue had cc TV to see if it was possible to identify the scrote that pulled them off but again not expecting anything.
To be fair the Police were easy to deal with in terms of logging it and getting a crime number. Was told to contact the DVLA and get them to place a marker on the car which proved far easier than the reality.
It appears that although the police can issue a ref number to quote, it appears in deepest Swansea, they have yet to get phone and email installed, I was put on hold 3 times while the lady checked the process which finally ended up with me being asked to 'write a letter to tell us about it'. what...the...f**k?
Write I asked? I haven't written a letter in years, do you not have an email address? No, we need a letter. I asked to be transferred to the 21st Century team who were aware of electronic comms but appears they don't have one....this is the policy we have.
So how long will it take to get the marker up on the registration I enquired from the point where the letter has been recieved? ...4-6wks
Luckily I might be able to accrue some speeding fines, parking offences and petrol theft allegations let alone other fun subjects.
Am staggered how totally and utterly f**ked up this country and its govt depts can be...a simple here is a ref, call and quote it and you are covered can turn into a painfully slow, PITA process where we have to then chase out tails managing the fallout.
On the plus side, Basingstoke Audi made me two new shiny audi plates and the guy happily on charged me for one, realising it was an S2
Am hopeful the venue had cc TV to see if it was possible to identify the scrote that pulled them off but again not expecting anything.
To be fair the Police were easy to deal with in terms of logging it and getting a crime number. Was told to contact the DVLA and get them to place a marker on the car which proved far easier than the reality.
It appears that although the police can issue a ref number to quote, it appears in deepest Swansea, they have yet to get phone and email installed, I was put on hold 3 times while the lady checked the process which finally ended up with me being asked to 'write a letter to tell us about it'. what...the...f**k?
Write I asked? I haven't written a letter in years, do you not have an email address? No, we need a letter. I asked to be transferred to the 21st Century team who were aware of electronic comms but appears they don't have one....this is the policy we have.
So how long will it take to get the marker up on the registration I enquired from the point where the letter has been recieved? ...4-6wks
Luckily I might be able to accrue some speeding fines, parking offences and petrol theft allegations let alone other fun subjects.
Am staggered how totally and utterly f**ked up this country and its govt depts can be...a simple here is a ref, call and quote it and you are covered can turn into a painfully slow, PITA process where we have to then chase out tails managing the fallout.
On the plus side, Basingstoke Audi made me two new shiny audi plates and the guy happily on charged me for one, realising it was an S2
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