bandrui

I know what you mean. I don't know what this road tax is! Can you enlighten me. Is it an annual fee for the purpose of using the roads? How much will that be? What about MOT? I think I remember that is annual. How much is that?

chris955

Just think of road tax as your yearly registration but usually much cheaper than here in Oz. The MOT is just a yearly roadworthy test.

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from highspeedgrandma

RAC came up with the best price. I double checked the information to make sure I had told them everything, and I was able to get insurance for just over £550.00 because they were offering a 41%+ discount for online insurance!?

Beedubya

Well I couldn't get the road tax at the Post Office as I have to wait for the insurance company to send me out the policy in 7 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!

I was so angry yesterday as I wasn't told this when I took out the policy with the young guy on the phone, he told me I could get the road tax with just my policy number.

I came back and complained to the Customer Service department who were shocked I had been so misinformed, I asked could they email me something, no they don't even email in 2011!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She went and spoke to the supervisor, they will send me out a manual policy on Monday and I should receive it on Tuesday, so no car driving for me until then.

Piff Poff

One thing we like about living in Alberta is how easy it is to buy a car, register and insure it, whole thing can be done in less than an hour.

Beedubya

I have to say it is much easier in Australia too. It has been a right palaver here to be honest.

OK so there is my second thing to miss about Australia.

My kids and grand-kids being the only other thing I miss.

ldyinlv

I have to admit the biggest frustration since being back here is all the beaurocracy. They are still a bit in the dark ages..everything is "we will send you a letter" never we will give you a call or e-mail or even fax.

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Be sure and give us your flight number so we can track you

cheers

Have you forgotten the long lines at the DMV here in Las Vegas?

You had to allow at least half a day to do a transaction and you had better hope you had all the docs you needed. They even had a security guard stationed there in case anyone went ballistic (but I controlled myself).

Take a number and people watch and waittttttt.

ldyinlv

I am talking about everything, not just car related stuff..

cheers

You could throw your weight around and say "why back where I come from we do things efficiently" Be sure and wear a helmet if you do say anything

The latest thing for me is when you deposit a check at the ATM and you don't need to put it in an envelope or include a deposit slip and you get a receipt with a photo copy of your check. Thats fun. But then I think in Europe you can use a vending machine and use a card to pay for your purchase. So maybe there are pluses and minuses?

Beedubya

That's cheque not check.

bandrui

Frustrating no doubt. 2 steps forward, one step backward....

Beedubya

Yes and funnily enough I have an interview this afternoon for a job in Customer Service.

I will be using my experience with Direct Line as an example of POOR customer service.

bandrui

Good idea . Let us know how it goes.