Embarrassed to admit this

scottishvolvo · Jul 25th, 2014, 16:28

Went to tax my scooter last month and thought I was on the DVLA site, long story short, I was charged an extra £40 by a company called taxdisc-direct. Just be aware they're out there. Nothing the credit card company can do and they told me there's a similar site doing passport renewals also.

Be careful.

855 tdi · Jul 25th, 2014, 16:36

The same kind of thing happens for booking driving tests, id expect it does for most of the stuff done by the government. Always pays to double check your on the proper site, shame they caught you out but im sure quite a few people have done the same.

scottishvolvo · Jul 25th, 2014, 16:44

Certainly won't be caught again.

Orca2 · Jul 25th, 2014, 17:28

Look on the bright side at least your tax is all up to date in Nigeria.

blackrevolver · Jul 25th, 2014, 21:05

Geoffrey from Uganda strikes again.

Whyman · Jul 25th, 2014, 21:46

Same problem with renewing the EHIC card. Will happily Carthage you for something that is free. Make sure you start at the Deirect .gov website rather than using google where these fraudulent companies pay to appear at the top of the list

DaveNP · Jul 25th, 2014, 22:04

We had similar when booking my son's driving test, I think he googled 'book a driving test' and as already mentioned they seem to pop to the top of the list. The site we were on wasn't very well set up so it started to look suspicious and we went back to the leaflets he'd got with his licence and found the address of the real .gov website.

cheshired5 · Jul 25th, 2014, 22:13

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Originally Posted by scottishvolvo

Went to tax my scooter last month and thought I was on the DVLA site, long story short, I was charged an extra £40 by a company called taxdisc-direct. Just be aware they're out there. Nothing the credit card company can do and they told me there's a similar site doing passport renewals also.

Be careful.

I can understand how you may end up on one of these sites as I've done the same when trying to apply for my different bike tests a few years ago.
How did you end up paying more though? Were they underhand in displaying charges or were they upfront about the cost but you didn't double check their figures?

scottishvolvo · Jul 25th, 2014, 23:46

Don't really remember seeing the 'administration' charge appearing, even on the total payment

Jul 25th, 2014, 16:28	#1
scottishvolvo Premier Member Last Online: Nov 17th, 2023 00:15 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Glasgow	Embarrassed to admit this Went to tax my scooter last month and thought I was on the DVLA site, long story short, I was charged an extra £40 by a company called taxdisc-direct. Just be aware they're out there. Nothing the credit card company can do and they told me there's a similar site doing passport renewals also. Be careful. __________________ Chris '98 S40 2.0T..Gone. 2000 S40 2.0 SE Auto and loving it. 2014 V40 Cross Country Please consider registering with the Anthony Nolan Trust, you could save a life.

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855 tdi Master Member Last Online: Dec 19th, 2022 18:47 Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Crawley	The same kind of thing happens for booking driving tests, id expect it does for most of the stuff done by the government. Always pays to double check your on the proper site, shame they caught you out but im sure quite a few people have done the same. __________________ Amateur having a go. Volvo 855 TDI 228,000M (sold) Volvo V70 2.5D 218,000m (sold) Volvo 745 GLE 129,000M (Tankenstein) Volvo 940 SE HPT 115,000M

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scottishvolvo Premier Member Last Online: Nov 17th, 2023 00:15 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Glasgow	Certainly won't be caught again. __________________ Chris '98 S40 2.0T..Gone. 2000 S40 2.0 SE Auto and loving it. 2014 V40 Cross Country Please consider registering with the Anthony Nolan Trust, you could save a life.

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Whyman Premier Member Last Online: Yesterday 17:02 Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Newark	Same problem with renewing the EHIC card. Will happily Carthage you for something that is free. Make sure you start at the Deirect .gov website rather than using google where these fraudulent companies pay to appear at the top of the list __________________ XC60 2013 D5 215 SE Lux Nav geartronic

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DaveNP Non VOC Member Last Online: Yesterday 23:45 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Milton Keynes	We had similar when booking my son's driving test, I think he googled 'book a driving test' and as already mentioned they seem to pop to the top of the list. The site we were on wasn't very well set up so it started to look suspicious and we went back to the leaflets he'd got with his licence and found the address of the real .gov website. __________________ David V70 2.5 10v Torslanda Manual 98 Sreg

Jul 25th, 2014, 17:28	#4
Orca2 I've Been Banned Last Online: Mar 24th, 2020 22:42 Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Glasgow	Look on the bright side at least your tax is all up to date in Nigeria.

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blackrevolver Premier Member Last Online: Dec 10th, 2015 18:46 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Scotland	Geoffrey from Uganda strikes again.

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scottishvolvo Premier Member Last Online: Nov 17th, 2023 00:15 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Glasgow	Don't really remember seeing the 'administration' charge appearing, even on the total payment __________________ Chris '98 S40 2.0T..Gone. 2000 S40 2.0 SE Auto and loving it. 2014 V40 Cross Country Please consider registering with the Anthony Nolan Trust, you could save a life.

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