New MOT certificate service could save you money - Here’s how it works. https://www.express.co.uk/li

ChrisK....._3

New MOT certificate service could save you money - Here’s how it works.
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/1127193/MOT-car-dvla-check-certificate-free-save-money

AdrianC

Rather than link to some tabloid's waffle, you could have just linked to...
https://www.gov.uk/replacing-lost-damaged-mot-certificate

So you can now print your own duplicate "receipt-style certificate", instead of going to a test station and paying a tenner. Sensible change, but hardly major. And anybody relying on the paper without checking it online is still looking for trouble...

facade

630,000 people paid £10 last year for a replacement certificate- what on Earth for?? It is just a worthless piece of paper, all the details are freely accessible online.


Unless 630,000 people taxed their car over the counter at a Post Office, and had lost the sheet of paper.....

AdrianC

Not sure I believe that 630k figure - but even if it is true, it's a very small percentage of the number of tests - 30.6m last year.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/790046/dvsa-mot-01-mot-test-results-by-class-of-vehicle.csv/preview

2% of tests - 1 in 50.

System

facade wrote: »

630,000 people paid £10 last year for a replacement certificate- what on Earth for?? It is just a worthless piece of paper, all the details are freely accessible online.

Many buyers want to see physical proof. £10 is a reasonable charge to cover labour costs of the garage given hourly rates of £50 to over £100.

facade

Tarambor wrote: »

Many buyers want to see physical proof. £10 is a reasonable charge to cover labour costs of the garage given hourly rates of £50 to over £100.

I'm not questioning the cost, but the 630,000 replacements, there are an estimated 8,000,000 used car sales a year, it is getting on for 10% of that.;)

roddydogs

Or, dont lose it in the first place.