Over 70 drivng licence renewal?

Biggus_Dickus

AdrianC said:

I think that screenshot shows pretty much the opposite of what you want it to, tbh.
"Ad" is the same size as the text describing the page - and the very next result is blatantly obviously the gov.uk one.

Yes, let's hope threads like this do continue to educate the people who've missed the last decade's worth of coverage.

 I deliberately left the word ‘sanctimonious’ hanging out there;...it’s not a pleasant trait, Adrian.

 

 

Takmon

fzbob said:

Thank you for the reply's guys.
I guess I've been a dummy and simply gone to the first option in Google.
I do feel I've been conned by this though, they should add it's chargeable straight away IMHO
I realise I should've read though it thoroughly but I just assumed it was free, like these shysters think we will, and happily take our money. Ba***rds.

You need to be careful because if you are happy to give your personal details to random third party websites without even reading the information on them your going to end up posting a lot more threads on here about he various accounts of yours being "hacked" or money being taken from your bank.

fzbob

Takmon said:

fzbob said:

Thank you for the reply's guys.
I guess I've been a dummy and simply gone to the first option in Google.
I do feel I've been conned by this though, they should add it's chargeable straight away IMHO
I realise I should've read though it thoroughly but I just assumed it was free, like these shysters think we will, and happily take our money. Ba***rds.

You need to be careful because if you are happy to give your personal details to random third party websites without even reading the information on them your going to end up posting a lot more threads on here about he various accounts of yours being "hacked" or money being taken from your bank.

Yes  lesson learnt
thank you.

ontheroad1970

AdrianC said:

I think that screenshot shows pretty much the opposite of what you want it to, tbh.
"Ad" is the same size as the text describing the page - and the very next result is blatantly obviously the gov.uk one.

Yes, let's hope threads like this do continue to educate the people who've missed the last decade's worth of coverage.

No - the ad-i s like the sub heading on a Daily Mail article.  The headline draws you in.  I remember an article on the incident on a Qantas Airbus 380 that the main headline stated that a laptop or a mobile phone may have been the cause.  The subheading stated that this had been ruled out.  Guess what? 90% of the comments were DM warriors ranting that mobile phones should be handed in at security.

These ads play on the same tendency to read only the biggest headline and see everything else as padding.

AdrianC

So what you're saying is that people who react to just the headline, and don't bother reading the rest, are like DM comment-warriors, getting irate without bothering to find out the reality?

Seems fair.

ontheroad1970

No, I think that ad placers are aware that like Newspaper headlines people often read only the top headline before clicking.  Certainly sufficient people to keep advertising like that.

AdrianC

Yes, that "reaction" is the click-through.

pattycake

I applied online via the gov website for my new photo license as I turn 70 on the 26th of this month.  Did the deed on Monday of this week.  It stated a 2 week turnaround.  New photo licence arrived on Thursday!  I still had the old paper licence in pristine condition as we have lived in the same house for 30 years and I’ve never needed to get the licence out of the file in which it lived happily all these years.

fzbob

update...
Bit late replying to this sorry.
I sent a bit of a stinker email to them, explaining complaining about the way this and many more companys are taking advantage of us oldies etc

Thay have indeed replied to say that asa it has already been completed, which is true, as I now have my new licence for the next 4 years. (I'll make sure I don't fall for thiss again) 
And as a gesture of goodwill they have given me a refund of £49.

elsien

Well done - better than nothing.