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NCT First available date 2 months away?

  • 28-05-2014 8:34pm
    #1
    micks_address
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,051 ✭✭✭


    Hi Folks,

    Went online to book the missus's car in for NCT. Its up the end of June.... but from the online booking system the earliest dates I can get are in August. Is there really that long of a wait for an NCT? And can I retax without an NCT test?

    Cheers,
    Mick


Comments

  • #2
    michellie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,691 ✭✭✭michellie


    Yes there is that much of a wait and yes you can tax it.


  • #3
    shanec1928
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,206 ✭✭✭shanec1928


    ring and ask for a canslation they usually give you 24 hours notice.


  • #4
    Vicxas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,483 ✭✭✭✭Vicxas


    micks_address wrote: »
    Hi Folks,

    Went online to book the missus's car in for NCT. Its up the end of June.... but from the online booking system the earliest dates I can get are in August. Is there really that long of a wait for an NCT? And can I retax without an NCT test?

    Cheers,
    Mick

    Hi mick. I had to reschedule my test from this friday and the closest date I got was August for Kells.

    And no the NCT doesn't matter with tax.


  • #5
    wardy2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 365 ✭✭wardy2


    According to the NCTS Customer Charter if you request an NCT appointment within 4 weeks and it cannot be provided, you are entitled to have the test carried out for free.


  • #6
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    don't book online....phone or email, and you'll get an appointment very soon


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  • #7
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    micks_address wrote: »
    Hi Folks,

    Went online to book the missus's car in for NCT. Its up the end of June.... but from the online booking system the earliest dates I can get are in August. Is there really that long of a wait for an NCT? And can I retax without an NCT test?

    Cheers,
    Mick

    You can get dates online, but it takes patience. You have to just keep selecting a couple of centres and you will see time slots pop up very close. I did this twice in the last couple of months, and had dates both times a week or so after booking online. They come and go quickly, but it can be done.


  • #8
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,823 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    You can get dates online, but it takes patience. You have to just keep selecting a couple of centres and you will see time slots pop up very close. I did this twice in the last couple of months, and had dates both times a week or so after booking online. They come and go quickly, but it can be done.

    Two months wait time is actually an improvement: it was 3 months. ..

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #9
    wonski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,685 ✭✭✭✭wonski


    wardy2 wrote: »
    According to the NCTS Customer Charter if you request an NCT appointment within 4 weeks and it cannot be provided, you are entitled to have the test carried out for free.

    Make sure you don't accept / book any appointment. Call them OP and request a date within 4 weeks, only then you can avail of this "special offer".

    Booking online is good if you have enough time to test before an expiry date. If there is no slot available do not book any. Call them.


  • #10
    oak5548
    Closed Accounts Posts: 226 ✭✭oak5548


    Dont worry about it. Mine expired in march and I only got a date for it in June.
    Gardai stopped me the other day and they basically said they didnt care. Not even joking, they didnt even want to see a confirmation text or anything.

    It was just
    "have you booked your nct?"
    "yeah a few weeks ago"
    "grand, off you go"

    exact same thing happened to my friend.


  • #11
    wonski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,685 ✭✭✭✭wonski


    oak5548 wrote: »
    Dont worry about it. Mine expired in march and I only got a date for it in June.
    Gardai stopped me the other day and they basically said they didnt care. Not even joking, they didnt even want to see a confirmation text or anything.

    It was just
    "have you booked your nct?"
    "yeah a few weeks ago"
    "grand, off you go"

    exact same thing happened to my friend.

    Just because it happened to you and your friend doesn't mean this will happen to the OP. He received much better advice by now anyway;)

    If the NCT crowd won't provide a date within 4 weeks he gets a free test.
    If they do, he doesn't have to rely on advice like yours because his NCT will be up to date. There was a countless number of posters with summons being issued due to lack of an NCT test when stopped. It happens all the time - not too often, but there is a chance you get caught and penalised.


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  • #12
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    wonski wrote: »
    Just because it happened to you and your friend doesn't mean this will happen to the OP. He received much better advice by now anyway;)

    If the NCT crowd won't provide a date within 4 weeks he gets a free test.
    If they do, he doesn't have to rely on advice like yours because his NCT will be up to date. There was a countless number of posters with summons being issued due to lack of an NCT test when stopped. It happens all the time - not too often, but there is a chance you get caught and penalised.

    Plus it's a mandatory Court appearance, 5 points and up to €1500 fine. It's important, it's about the safety of all road users, me especially.


  • #13
    micks_address
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,051 ✭✭✭micks_address


    Thanks folks for all the replies -

    I'll phone this morning and see how I get on

    Cheers,
    Mick


  • #14
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,823 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    corktina wrote: »
    Plus it's a mandatory Court appearance, 5 points and up to €1500 fine. It's important, it's about the safety of all road users, money, me especially.


    sorry for O/T, but it has nothing to do with safety - look up the RSA statistics for mechanical influences in accidents........

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #15
    Andy_Dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 93 ✭✭Andy_Dublin


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    You can get dates online, but it takes patience. You have to just keep selecting a couple of centres and you will see time slots pop up very close. I did this twice in the last couple of months, and had dates both times a week or so after booking online. They come and go quickly, but it can be done.

    I do this every time, always get a test in around a week.


  • #16
    djimi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    galwaytt wrote: »
    sorry for O/T, but it has nothing to do with safety - look up the RSA statistics for mechanical influences in accidents........

    Im not sure if you remember the absolute ****heaps that used to infest our roads before the NCT, but whatever statistics might suggest, the roads are a much better place now for having some testing of cars.


  • #17
    murphym7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,036 ✭✭✭murphym7


    wonski wrote: »
    Just because it happened to you and your friend doesn't mean this will happen to the OP. He received much better advice by now anyway;)

    If the NCT crowd won't provide a date within 4 weeks he gets a free test.
    If they do, he doesn't have to rely on advice like yours because his NCT will be up to date. There was a countless number of posters with summons being issued due to lack of an NCT test when stopped. It happens all the time - not too often, but there is a chance you get caught and penalised.

    Classsic, happens all the time, not too often though.


  • #18
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    It's obvious, the NTC web site is not up to the job of handling bookings properly, so it gives you the choice of a small few time slots a few months away.

    Then when you phone, the person you speak to doesn't seem to have live booking information to hand, so they take your number and sort out an available slot, of which I suspect there are plenty.

    All the while, we're told that the centres are 'booked up,' and we're being put on a 'priority list.' That's clearly not true, because you get a booking easily enough when you phone and let them sort it out in their own time.

    Their system is essentially and old-fashioned phone-in one, which is not so bad, but they shouldn't try to con us with this 'we're all booked up' lark.


  • #19
    wonski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,685 ✭✭✭✭wonski


    murphym7 wrote: »
    Classsic, happens all the time, not too often though.

    Classic - coming to the thread with nothing else to say but posting anyway:confused:
    Thank You so much for pointing it out to me:D

    Most people understood what I meant. Apologies for my english. I should have done better.


  • #20
    wonski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,685 ✭✭✭✭wonski


    MontgomeryClift wrote: »
    It's obvious, the NTC web site is not up to the job of handling bookings properly, so it gives you the choice of a small few time slots a few months away.

    The online booking works fine for retests for some reason. Why can't they do the same for initial bookings?

    Not everyone is up to date with all of this. Especially if it is someone's first car / nct test.


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