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Wrong test date given

  • 07-04-2010 8:18pm
    #1
    ha-ya-said-what
    Closed Accounts Posts: 810 ✭✭✭


    Well I checked my emails & the RSA sent me one with test details for May ... only my 6months on my 1st learner permit isn't up until first week of August.

    Just wondering now when I ring them tomorrow to sort it out is there any chance they'll give me my correct date seen as they processed my application & made the error or will I have to wait until the 6weeks before the test date to get it issued?

    Be nice to know now so we could think about & possiably plan a holiday for August before the hotels we like are booked out like last year.


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  • #2
    ztoical
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,788 ✭✭✭ztoical


    ha-ya-said-what wrote: »
    Just wondering now when I ring them tomorrow to sort it out is there any chance they'll give me my correct date seen as they processed my application & made the error or will I have to wait until the 6weeks before the test date to get it issued?

    What do you mean by they made the error? Yes it would make sense for them to be able to see if someones licence is within the 6 months or not and have the computer stop them issuing dates before the 6 months but as far as I know that system isn't in place so if you book your test and get a test within the 6 months all you can do is ring up and ask for a different date.


  • #3
    Reloc8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Reloc8


    Yeah...you sort of have to time it yourself when you apply while you're still within the 6 month requirement and hope to get one outside of that...its not up to them to know when your six months expires...get in touch and cancel it.


  • #4
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,315 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    The website had a fit just before I got to putting in unavailable dates, so I emailed them later with my reference number and the dates I was not available.


  • #5
    ha-ya-said-what
    Closed Accounts Posts: 810 ✭✭✭ha-ya-said-what


    spurious wrote: »
    The website had a fit just before I got to putting in unavailable dates, so I emailed them later with my reference number and the dates I was not available.

    They have the period I'm not available for so if I get a date again before the 6months I will not be allowing the forfeit of the fee


  • #6
    greenie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 751 ✭✭✭greenie


    It seems like some applications are not being read properly, I mean the unavailability part of the applications. I've heard a few cases where appointments were given on dates that were previously selected as unavailable. My own 'available for a cancellation' didn't get me (some others too) an earlier date...I still waited 3/4 months. (that might have been down to nobody cancelling during that time though, who knows)
    Of course it might not be human error either..that section of the app form seems to be quite glitchy..some days not even available for people to click on so that might be the problem too.


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  • #7
    af_thefragile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,171 ✭✭✭af_thefragile


    greenie wrote: »
    It seems like some applications are not being read properly, I mean the unavailability part of the applications. I've heard a few cases where appointments were given on dates that were previously selected as unavailable. My own 'available for a cancellation' didn't get me (some others too) an earlier date...I still waited 3/4 months. (that might have been down to nobody cancelling during that time though, who knows)
    Of course it might not be human error either..that section of the app form seems to be quite glitchy..some days not even available for people to click on so that might be the problem too.

    I called them up to apply for the cancellation last thursday and I got my new driving test date yesterday.
    Maybe I just got lucky. Or maybe because tallagh is a fairly busy test center, it probably sees more cancellations than other centers...


    And to the OP, i doubt you'll get to your new test date right away. You might have to wait till July or something before you can get your date sometime in August after your 6 months have completed. Though maybe they could give you a new date right away too. I guess you won't know till you speak to them!


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