Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]
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Johnspex said:
Nimby said:
Johnspex said:
Nimby said:
Johnspex said:
They've got all the answers except 49n in HT. Lower and upper case as shown originally.
You are Dave Gorman and you aren't catching me again.https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Do the DVLA send out fines if you don't tax your car? If so, how long after the tax was due?
I saw an advert on TV saying that they're out tracking untaxed cars but surely they know which are untaxed and it cant all be unregistered, off the radar cars, that they don't have owner details/address for??
I saw an advert on TV saying that they're out tracking untaxed cars but surely they know which are untaxed and it cant all be unregistered, off the radar cars, that they don't have owner details/address for??
oceanview said:
Do the DVLA send out fines if you don't tax your car? If so, how long after the tax was due?
I saw an advert on TV saying that they're out tracking untaxed cars but surely they know which are untaxed and it cant all be unregistered, off the radar cars, that they don't have owner details/address for??
I assume they dont, I work at a main dealer and we get atleast 1 car a week without tax, and probably 1/2 with expired MOTs. I saw an advert on TV saying that they're out tracking untaxed cars but surely they know which are untaxed and it cant all be unregistered, off the radar cars, that they don't have owner details/address for??
glazbagun said:
How much money does the wikipedia foundation have? They beg more than the Guardian but get all of their content for free.
I'm sure their servers work pretty hard, I suppose.
Funnily enough I wondered the same thing. Apparently the parent company, The Wikimedia foundation had over $77m in assets, was playing some of it's board members six figure salaries and part of their contracts involved high five figure payoffs. Combine that with hundreds of unpaid editors they are NOT short of cash and as such I refuse to donate. More info: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/why-does-wikipedia-keep-a...I'm sure their servers work pretty hard, I suppose.
MissChief said:
and as such I refuse to donate. More info: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/why-does-wikipedia-keep-a...
And as I refuse ads, I can't read it.I needed to fix the screen on my phone so I bought this from eBay for £3.20:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mobile-Phone-Repair-Too...
It arrived in two days, in a good quality jiffy bag. The total cost of postage and packing could not possibly have been less than 80-90p and delivery to me was free. As an item it's better than expected, perfectly serviceable and up to the task.
Obviously these come from the far east, but £3.20 delivered to my door...How is anyone making a worthwhile profit here?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mobile-Phone-Repair-Too...
It arrived in two days, in a good quality jiffy bag. The total cost of postage and packing could not possibly have been less than 80-90p and delivery to me was free. As an item it's better than expected, perfectly serviceable and up to the task.
Obviously these come from the far east, but £3.20 delivered to my door...How is anyone making a worthwhile profit here?
SCEtoAUX said:
I needed to fix the screen on my phone so I bought this from eBay for £3.20:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mobile-Phone-Repair-Too...
It arrived in two days, in a good quality jiffy bag. The total cost of postage and packing could not possibly have been less than 80-90p and delivery to me was free. As an item it's better than expected, perfectly serviceable and up to the task.
Obviously these come from the far east, but £3.20 delivered to my door...How is anyone making a worthwhile profit here?
I would expect that something that "small" is really just being used alongside a much bigger consignment which has already paid more than its fair share of fees and covers the cost, everything else they can squeeze in around the edges is extra cash in their pocket. The total cost of the materials used will be only a few pence, plus the cost to manufacture will be spread over so many units. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mobile-Phone-Repair-Too...
It arrived in two days, in a good quality jiffy bag. The total cost of postage and packing could not possibly have been less than 80-90p and delivery to me was free. As an item it's better than expected, perfectly serviceable and up to the task.
Obviously these come from the far east, but £3.20 delivered to my door...How is anyone making a worthwhile profit here?
Jonnny said:
oceanview said:
Do the DVLA send out fines if you don't tax your car? If so, how long after the tax was due?
I saw an advert on TV saying that they're out tracking untaxed cars but surely they know which are untaxed and it cant all be unregistered, off the radar cars, that they don't have owner details/address for??
I assume they dont, I work at a main dealer and we get atleast 1 car a week without tax, and probably 1/2 with expired MOTs. I saw an advert on TV saying that they're out tracking untaxed cars but surely they know which are untaxed and it cant all be unregistered, off the radar cars, that they don't have owner details/address for??
SCEtoAUX said:
I needed to fix the screen on my phone so I bought this from eBay for £3.20:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mobile-Phone-Repair-Too...
It arrived in two days, in a good quality jiffy bag. The total cost of postage and packing could not possibly have been less than 80-90p and delivery to me was free. As an item it's better than expected, perfectly serviceable and up to the task.
Obviously these come from the far east, but £3.20 delivered to my door...How is anyone making a worthwhile profit here?
They might be building their feedback, so when they shift to selling something expensive, it looks at a glance like they've sold thousands of them.https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mobile-Phone-Repair-Too...
It arrived in two days, in a good quality jiffy bag. The total cost of postage and packing could not possibly have been less than 80-90p and delivery to me was free. As an item it's better than expected, perfectly serviceable and up to the task.
Obviously these come from the far east, but £3.20 delivered to my door...How is anyone making a worthwhile profit here?
oceanview said:
Do the DVLA send out fines if you don't tax your car? If so, how long after the tax was due?
I saw an advert on TV saying that they're out tracking untaxed cars but surely they know which are untaxed and it cant all be unregistered, off the radar cars, that they don't have owner details/address for??
I don't know if they send out letters to remind people, but around here they seem to like clamping cars, so it looks to me like one way or the other, they will get their VED. I saw an advert on TV saying that they're out tracking untaxed cars but surely they know which are untaxed and it cant all be unregistered, off the radar cars, that they don't have owner details/address for??
Strudul said:
49 Numbers in the Health Lottery with 'T' mis-printed?Do main dealers (Vauxhall, Ford etc.) pay for each use of their diagnostic equipment? Having heard several tales of people taking in-warranty vehicles in for faults and being told it's £80-odd to put it on the machine (seemingly regardless of whether the car is in warranty), I wondered if that's because their diagnostic machine software is licensed on a per-use basis. Anyone know for sure?
Willy Nilly said:
oceanview said:
Do the DVLA send out fines if you don't tax your car? If so, how long after the tax was due?
I saw an advert on TV saying that they're out tracking untaxed cars but surely they know which are untaxed and it cant all be unregistered, off the radar cars, that they don't have owner details/address for??
I don't know if they send out letters to remind people, but around here they seem to like clamping cars, so it looks to me like one way or the other, they will get their VED. I saw an advert on TV saying that they're out tracking untaxed cars but surely they know which are untaxed and it cant all be unregistered, off the radar cars, that they don't have owner details/address for??
droopsnoot said:
Do main dealers (Vauxhall, Ford etc.) pay for each use of their diagnostic equipment? Having heard several tales of people taking in-warranty vehicles in for faults and being told it's £80-odd to put it on the machine (seemingly regardless of whether the car is in warranty), I wondered if that's because their diagnostic machine software is licensed on a per-use basis. Anyone know for sure?
No they don't.It's a very expensive bit of kit, and lots of expensive mandatory training goes with it, so instead of baking those costs into their standard hourly rate, they bill it as a unique menu item.
Charging to check a broken car that's in warranty is out of order, IMO.
That said, lots of people will bring a car in when there's nothing at all wrong with it, so it's a filter of time-wasters, I suppose. I don't think the manufacturer will compensate a dealer for time spent on a warranty investigation that goes nowhere, because there's no fault.
Edited by SpeckledJim on Friday 1st December 14:09
Galsia said:
Dr Jekyll said:
Why is Meghan Markle described as 'mixed race' while President Obama is described as 'black'?
I'm disappointed that we live in a society where race is even a talking point. Thats the media for you though.We're all mixed race.
SpeckledJim said:
droopsnoot said:
Do main dealers (Vauxhall, Ford etc.) pay for each use of their diagnostic equipment? Having heard several tales of people taking in-warranty vehicles in for faults and being told it's £80-odd to put it on the machine (seemingly regardless of whether the car is in warranty), I wondered if that's because their diagnostic machine software is licensed on a per-use basis. Anyone know for sure?
No they don't.It's a very expensive bit of kit, and lots of expensive mandatory training goes with it, so instead of baking those costs into their standard hourly rate, they bill it as a unique menu item.
Charging to check a broken car that's in warranty is out of order, IMO.
That said, lots of people will bring a car in when there's nothing at all wrong with it, so it's a filter of time-wasters, I suppose. I don't think the manufacturer will compensate a dealer for time spent on a warranty investigation that goes nowhere, because there's no fault.
Edited by SpeckledJim on Friday 1st December 14:09
The fault was with something that was in warranty, and consequently i was not charged.
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