Shannon office working very efficiently

CiniO

Vehicle purchased 19th October (afternoon - VRC thrown to mail box at 4pm).
20th October - Notified about change of ownership (according to motortax website)
21st October - VRC issued (according to motortax office)
22nd October - VRC arrived to my mailbox in the morning.

I'm really impressed.

colm_mcm

Did you deliver it directly to their office?

Gumbo

CiniO wrote: »

Vehicle purchased 19th October (afternoon - VRC thrown to mail box at 4pm).
20th October - Notified about change of ownership (according to motortax website)
21st October - VRC issued (according to motortax office)
22nd October - VRC arrived to my mailbox in the morning.

I'm really impressed.

You can be lucky with postal arrangements etc, ive also got VLC's back within a week in some cases, never longer than 2 weeks.

CiniO

colm_mcm wrote: »

Did you deliver it directly to their office?

No. Dropped into post office box in Athlone

colm_mcm

Wowsers, everything lined up for you there!

smash

CiniO wrote: »

No. Dropped into post office box in Athlone

Sure that's only down the road like.

Comhrá

Nice to get a positive report from our State services for a change.
In fact many of them are very efficient even though most go unpraised or even acknowledged.

Voodoomelon

I'm more surprised that Cinio is happy about something!

mgbgt1978

He probably hasn't checked the spelling of his name yet.......;)

CiniO

mgbgt1978 wrote: »

He probably hasn't checked the spelling of his name yet.......;)

All good with my name spelling

Only mistake on a cert is number of seats in the car, but everything else is correct.
That's a fairly good result considering how much data this document contains

yankinlk

And here I was searching for a thread to explain my 3rd week wait....

JC01

yankinlk wrote: »

And here I was searching for a thread to explain my 3rd week wait....

Very unusual. I sent one off last Friday afternoon and got it back yesterday morning, 5 working day turnaround

Gumbo

yankinlk wrote: »

And here I was searching for a thread to explain my 3rd week wait....

I'd ring them. Possibly lost or never sent in.
You can check the progress of a change of ownership transaction online at www.motortax.ie

peking97

smash wrote: »

Sure that's only down the road like.

Surely you mean down the river!:)

bladespin

Always found them very good, even had to call them a couple of times and they were excellent.

yankinlk

kceire wrote: »

I'd ring them. Possibly lost or never sent in.
You can check the progress of a change of ownership transaction online at www.motortax.ie

Yes the car dealer swears he sent it in. I think he's a bit suss.

yankinlk

Still waiting on pat oconnell motors limerick to sort this. Very frustrating. Tell me... is there nothing I can do to take matters in my own hands?

mgbgt1978

Does motortax.ie show this car as having passed into a Dealer's hands ?
If yes, then hound him another couple of times, although it may well have been transferred to another Dealer who subsequently sold it to O'Connell.
If not, then it's still in the name of the previous owner.
Either way, as you don't live near the M50 (unless you're planning a trip to Dublin soon) your next option is to get a Parking Ticket in Limerick.
The Fine for this will be sent to the previous owner. Let him hound Pat O'Connell Car Sales on this issue. You will probably end up having to pay for this ticket eventually, but if it gets things moving it's worth it for your sanity .

My son had exactly the same problem with Munster Trade Sales (I have no problem naming them as they were the ones who couldn't be ar$ed to transfer ownership ....online, so it's even not that hard).
A return trip Through the M50 toll saw the VLC through the letterbox 4 days later.

stefanovich

kceire wrote: »

I'd ring them. Possibly lost or never sent in.
You can check the progress of a change of ownership transaction online at www.motortax.ie

Ring them. Mine got "lost in the post" and I had to report it lost to the guards and pay for the privilege of a replacement.

yankinlk

mgbgt1978 wrote: »

Does motortax.ie show this car as having passed into a Dealer's hands ?
If yes, then hound him another couple of times, although it may well have been transferred to another Dealer who subsequently sold it to O'Connell.
If not, then it's still in the name of the previous owner.
Either way, as you don't live near the M50 (unless you're planning a trip to Dublin soon) your next option is to get a Parking Ticket in Limerick.
The Fine for this will be sent to the previous owner. Let him hound Pat O'Connell Car Sales on this issue. You will probably end up having to pay for this ticket eventually, but if it gets things moving it's worth it for your sanity .

My son had exactly the same problem with Munster Trade Sales (I have no problem naming them as they were the ones who couldn't be ar$ed to transfer ownership ....online, so it's even not that hard).
A return trip Through the M50 toll saw the VLC through the letterbox 4 days later.

such a simple suggestion. actually same thing happened to me when i sold my last car... as in i was the one doing the hounding!! i shoulda thought of that lol.

eoin88

stefanovich wrote: »

Ring them. Mine got "lost in the post" and I had to report it lost to the guards and pay for the privilege of a replacement.

I've been waiting two weeks now since the dealer said he sent it off. Presumably he should be the one paying for a replacement if it has been lost in the post?

stefanovich

eoin88 wrote: »

I've been waiting two weeks now since the dealer said he sent it off. Presumably he should be the one paying for a replacement if it has been lost in the post?

Depends. For me the change of ownership happened but I never received the cert although the Shannon office claimed they posted it. So really I should have paid nothing but I needed it quickly so just paid rather than argue.

yankinlk

mgbgt1978 wrote: »

The Fine for this will be sent to the previous owner. Let him hound Pat O'Connell Car Sales on this issue. You will probably end up having to pay for this ticket eventually, but if it gets things moving it's worth it for your sanity .

A return trip Through the M50 toll saw the VLC through the letterbox 4 days later.

Still waiting.... don't buy a car from this wheeler dealer....

I drove thru m50 toll twice last night....hopefully the bill goes to original owner and lights a fire in them.