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MOT Booking Website???
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That's good of them - I wonder will DVLNI issue out a warning?
No I don't think they can. As a couple of us have said this scam was featured on Watchdog last week although it was passports people were complaining about. It's like a friend saying, give me the official fee and for another £15 I'll make your application for you. The difference being that: in these cases, they don't tell you up front that you can do it yourself without paying the extra £15.0 -
No I don't think they can. As a couple of us have said this scam was featured on Watchdog last week although it was passports people were complaining about. It's like a friend saying, give me the official fee and for another £15 I'll make your application for you. The difference being that: in these cases, they don't tell you up front that you can do it yourself without paying the extra £15.
People must be able to catch onto this though, having to submit all their motoring details along with a fee to a body in addition to the original fee for the MOT?0 -
People must be able to catch onto this though, having to submit all their motoring details along with a fee to a body in addition to the original fee for the MOT?
The problem is the name and site design is deliberately created to look as official as possible. I do think there should be legislation to ban this type of scam but I'm not smart enough or interested enough to pursue it.
Some people do get really passionate about these things but I think it takes the crusader mentality. I'm indifferent to it and you're too busy enjoying the delights of the big smoke. So we'll have to wait until someone who is capable of getting offended to within an inch of their life is prepared to whinge about it.
Maybe your tout from the Titanic thread.
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That's good of them - I wonder will DVLNI issue out a warning?
They do. Sort of.
The dvani links to nidirect for "how do I book a test?"
And there it says:How do I book an MOT/Vehicle Test Appointment?
You can apply for a test online, by telephone, in person or by post. You should book your vehicle test as soon as you receive your reminder letter, which is sent to you seven weeks before your test is due.
Be alert to unofficial websites offering an MOT online booking facility. You do not need to use them. Book here safely without paying any additional fee.0 -
Go to the real one:
https://www.dvtaonlineni.gov.uk/public/bookVehicleAppointment_1CollectInfo.aspx
It's a bit like the garages which offer "MOTs". They'll charge you for taking your car to one of the DVA centres...
I'm quite content paying the mechanic a bit extra to take the car through and save me the hassle!Always overestimating...0 -
I'm quite content paying the mechanic a bit extra to take the car through and save me the hassle!
In GB the mechanic actually does the MOT for you. Many garages over there are licenced to do MOT testing on the premises. Certainly all main dealers are. We were quite taken aback when we moved over here to find we had to take the car to a testing centre.0 -
In GB the mechanic actually does the MOT for you. Many garages over there are licenced to do MOT testing on the premises. Certainly all main dealers are. We were quite taken aback when we moved over here to find we had to take the car to a testing centre.
And it's quite normal for them to pad the bill extensively with "necessary" work. My normal practice was to take the car to a local authority testing centre, to avoid that kind of thing...
Bad idea, having the garage doing the test, also doing any work.0 -
And it's quite normal for them to pad the bill extensively with "necessary" work. My normal practice was to take the car to a local authority testing centre, to avoid that kind of thing...
Bad idea, having the garage doing the test, also doing any work.
The cost of an MOT everytime I did it through my main dealer was £35. No work required.
That's why I did it through them.
Your view is obviously prejudiced by the type of garage you have come in contact with. Not my experience though.0 -
The cost of an MOT everytime I did it through my main dealer was £35. No work required.
That's why I did it through them.
Your view is obviously prejudiced by the type of garage you have come in contact with. Not my experience though.
Oh I'd quite agree with that. It's just that you'd think I would find one garage I trusted in nearly 20 years of driving there... Maybe it's a London thing...
NI isn't shaping up much better, yet, however.0 -
Oh I'd quite agree with that. It's just that you'd think I would find one garage I trusted in nearly 20 years of driving there... Maybe it's a London thing...
NI isn't shaping up much better, yet, however.
There are rogues and crooks everywhere, especially in large population centres. The trick is spotting them. They might fool a 19 year old girlie but they'll not fool me.0
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