Epic Fail Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 What's the link to the site you were on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider1 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 PLEASE BE CAREFUL! There are a lot of 'check and send' scam sites out there. My husband applied for our daughters provisional and thought he was on the DVLA site because it looked genuine. It was in fact a scam site that checks and sends your application to the DVLA. He paid £50 which he thought was the fee for provisional when in fact it was their charges so you don't think your being scammed. Anyway we had to pay another fee to the DVLA who are aware of these sites but can't do anything about it. In the end it cost us £100 for a £50 provisional license! I also know someone who was stung by £80 on a Passport renewal scam site and have been told same applies for Theory applications.  YES ITS A SCAM . THEY CHARGE YOU FOR FILLING FORMS IN :rant: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myusernameha Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Always make sure you go through the http://www.gov.uk website as many other booking sites have set up and they take a hefty profit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Set in Stone Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Renewed mine at Hillsborough post office a couple of years ago they have a booth to take photo and signature that is linked to dvla I think they charge about an extra £5 for checking details and this sevice.  Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resident Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Certainly a scam site. With things like tax etc ALWAYS go direct to the goverment site. Â It's the same with these tax rebate sites, the ones like the one for uniform cleaning. The process is free via HMRC yet the site takes a 20% cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCScrapMetal Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 It depends why you are renewing your licence if it is a change of address and you do it online it is supposed to be free. Is like trying to join the MI5 with all the information you have to enter though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 It depends why you are renewing your licence if it is a change of address and you do it online it is supposed to be free. Is like trying to join the MI5 with all the information you have to enter though. Â I'm sure I had to pay when I changed address. Maybe it was because I had previously had the old type paper licence and a plastic thingy was issued? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Total Chaos Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 PLEASE BE CAREFUL! There are a lot of 'check and send' scam sites out there. My husband applied for our daughters provisional and thought he was on the DVLA site because it looked genuine. It was in fact a scam site that checks and sends your application to the DVLA. He paid £50 which he thought was the fee for provisional when in fact it was their charges so you don't think your being scammed. Anyway we had to pay another fee to the DVLA who are aware of these sites but can't do anything about it. In the end it cost us £100 for a £50 provisional license! I also know someone who was stung by £80 on a Passport renewal scam site and have been told same applies for Theory applications.  YES ITS A SCAM . THEY CHARGE YOU FOR FILLING FORMS IN :rant:  In this case why is it a SCAM? They fill the form in for you,they then charge you £50 for the privilage/admin fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaffa1 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 If it's just the three yearly new licence after reaching the age of 70 you shouldn't pay a penny. Wait while the DLVA send you your renewal form perhaps a month before your 70th birthday, fill it in and enclose a recent photograph then send it back. Â No money to be paid at all for this and the next one is three years later at the age of 73 then 76. It's a type of self assessment of your health but I'm sure one or two white lies are told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider1 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 In this case why is it a SCAM? They fill the form in for you,they then charge you £50 for the privilage/admin fee.  ARE YOU FOR REAL. :suspect: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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