DVLA V5 Logbook

Ectophile

[Deleted User] said:

Beverley_Hillbillies said:

Problem with assumptions, most times it comes back and bites you on the bum, although some will never learn.

Exactly, you assumed that a letter was addressed to you just because it was pushed through your door.

You didn't learn because the 2nd time it happened you did the same and opened it.

And it has bit you on the bum because now you are worried it will become "an uncontrolled nightmare".

There isn't anything you can tell the debt collection agency to make them stop, it is nigh on impossible for you to prove that an unknown 3rd party doesn't live at your address or never has. Debt collection agencies hear it all the time, I'd guess the debtor themselves frequently tells the debt collection company that a person is unknown / never lived there / moved house etc.

I don't think you're helping the OP in the slightest with your posts.

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jimjames said:

A few years ago I bought a car and a month or so later I'd still not received the V5. The former keeper confirmed they had returned the paperwork to DVLA to notify sale and that they'd had confirmation of no longer being the keeper.

DVLA weren't particularly helpful but I managed to find out that the car was registered to me but to a different address in the close vicinity. Whoever keyed in the change of keeper had transposed 2 characters of the postcode which had given an incorrect street and they clearly didn't check it matched the V5 notification. I called round to the address and they confirmed they'd received the V5, were confused as no-one of that name lived there and returned to DVLA. Their efficient processes hadn't actually done anything about it so the vehicle was not registered to my address until I got it touch to let them know.

So to the OP, this may well have happened to you and it might not be malicious. Do the transposed letters of the postcode give an address nearby? If so it might be worth checking if it's that person.

Grey_Critic said:

jimjames said:

So to the OP, this may well have happened to you and it might not be malicious. Do the transposed letters of the postcode give an address nearby? If so it might be worth checking if it's that person.

I doubt anyone actually types in the address just uses the postcode and house number. In theory they also check the address on screen with the slip but probably don't bother. If you are doing that for 8 hours a day you soon get bored - if its wrong someone will complain.

Which is why the green slip you received from the V5 tells you to wait 4 weeks for the V5 in your name, then apply for a new one (enclosing the green slip if you want it for free)

If they "only" mess up/lose 1 in a million, you have a reasonable chance of them getting it right after 2 goes. (but 1 in a million is a lot of messed up V5s in a year)

As I said, the OP needs to write to DVLA, once they remove their address from the registration they can update CCS (and not give out the OPs address to any parking tickets/traffic offences in the future).

In the meantime, contacting CCS should pause the intimidation visit whilst they double check.

Car_54

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jimjames said:

A few years ago I bought a car and a month or so later I'd still not received the V5. The former keeper confirmed they had returned the paperwork to DVLA to notify sale and that they'd had confirmation of no longer being the keeper.

DVLA weren't particularly helpful but I managed to find out that the car was registered to me but to a different address in the close vicinity. Whoever keyed in the change of keeper had transposed 2 characters of the postcode which had given an incorrect street and they clearly didn't check it matched the V5 notification. I called round to the address and they confirmed they'd received the V5, were confused as no-one of that name lived there and returned to DVLA. Their efficient processes hadn't actually done anything about it so the vehicle was not registered to my address until I got it touch to let them know.

So to the OP, this may well have happened to you and it might not be malicious. Do the transposed letters of the postcode give an address nearby? If so it might be worth checking if it's that person.

Grey_Critic said:

jimjames said:

So to the OP, this may well have happened to you and it might not be malicious. Do the transposed letters of the postcode give an address nearby? If so it might be worth checking if it's that person.

I doubt anyone actually types in the address just uses the postcode and house number. In theory they also check the address on screen with the slip but probably don't bother. If you are doing that for 8 hours a day you soon get bored - if its wrong someone will complain.

If they "only" mess up/lose 1 in a million, you have a reasonable chance of them getting it right after 2 goes. (but 1 in a million is a lot of messed up V5s in a year)

There are about 40 million vehicles on the road.. Even if every one required a new V5C each year, that would only mean 40 "messed up" V5s, so not very many.

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Car_54 said:

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jimjames said:

A few years ago I bought a car and a month or so later I'd still not received the V5. The former keeper confirmed they had returned the paperwork to DVLA to notify sale and that they'd had confirmation of no longer being the keeper.

DVLA weren't particularly helpful but I managed to find out that the car was registered to me but to a different address in the close vicinity. Whoever keyed in the change of keeper had transposed 2 characters of the postcode which had given an incorrect street and they clearly didn't check it matched the V5 notification. I called round to the address and they confirmed they'd received the V5, were confused as no-one of that name lived there and returned to DVLA. Their efficient processes hadn't actually done anything about it so the vehicle was not registered to my address until I got it touch to let them know.

So to the OP, this may well have happened to you and it might not be malicious. Do the transposed letters of the postcode give an address nearby? If so it might be worth checking if it's that person.

Grey_Critic said:

jimjames said:

So to the OP, this may well have happened to you and it might not be malicious. Do the transposed letters of the postcode give an address nearby? If so it might be worth checking if it's that person.

I doubt anyone actually types in the address just uses the postcode and house number. In theory they also check the address on screen with the slip but probably don't bother. If you are doing that for 8 hours a day you soon get bored - if its wrong someone will complain.

If they "only" mess up/lose 1 in a million, you have a reasonable chance of them getting it right after 2 goes. (but 1 in a million is a lot of messed up V5s in a year)

There are about 40 million vehicles on the road.. Even if every one required a new V5C each year, that would only mean 40 "messed up" V5s, so not very many.

I made up 1 in a million, I suspect it would be more like 1 in 10,000, If I had to enter 10,000 numbers and postcodes from people's handwriting only having one error would be a miracle!

Flight3287462

Deleted_User said:

Didn't know you could determine the religion of somebody simply by their name?

I think you can have a pretty good guess especially if you come from the West of Scotland or Northern Ireland, that can then be extended to other religions too.