NZTA = money grubbing swine

[Sable]

Not getting pulled over by the pigs? Paying tax for something you're not doing might be a better way of putting it, one supposes

[red mermaid]

The service they provide is calculating and collecting the money in a timely efficient manner, which they do.

Anymore than that and it would be 'Nanny State' looking over your shoulder telling you what to do, and from what I've read I am sure the members of KB would never want that as they are all awesome independent bike riders making their own way in the world.

[Gremlin]

Or would you rather they reminded you it was due

If VTNZ are only too happy to give you a reminder email for a $30 wof, then surely it would be a good business model for NZTA to give reminders to people for $100's

??

I know, I know, it's a government department. Worse still, who can you complain to, about their unethical nature?

[The Pastor]

yeah i get stung for 1 months rego every year.

soo freeking gay, my bike cant even run!

why cant i put on hold forever! When i want it on the road i'll put it on the road

[FJRider]

If VTNZ are only too happy to give you a reminder email for a $30 wof, then surely it would be a good business model for NZTA to give reminders to people for $100's

??

But he did get a reminder ... he just forgot about it (As stated in the FIRST post)

But it's the Goverments fault ...

[jim.cox]

Its your bike, you put it on hold, if you can't remember that, tough luck and pay up.

Or would you rather they reminded you it was due and while they are at it come round and wipe your nose and tidy your room as well?

I would have thought since

a: it was on hold, and

b: it is going back on hold

that zero charges should apply

Nevermind I'll just charge them extra next time I do some work for them...

[baffa]

This reminds me of people who forget to pay insurance, get it cancelled, then their vehicle gets stolen, and abuse the insurance company when it wont pay out.

If these organisations and companies decided to wave the fee for their services just because you felt hard done by, then they'd all be bankrupt, and you'd be raging about that instead.

[sil3nt]

yeah i get stung for 1 months rego every year.

soo freeking gay, my bike cant even run!

why cant i put on hold forever! When i want it on the road i'll put it on the road

why can't you put it on hold forever?

[GingerMidget]

If VTNZ are only too happy to give you a reminder email for a $30 wof, then surely it would be a good business model for NZTA to give reminders to people for $100's

??

I know, I know, it's a government department. Worse still, who can you complain to, about their unethical nature?

You get a letter about 3 weeks before the licence is due. If you move and don't update your address, it becomes your own problem. A reminder that its now overdue is sent after a month. This applies to holds/exemptions also.

[george formby]

I'm thinking of putting tubby on hold, rego is due now....
I always get a letter when the rego is due so if some kb'ers are not getting letters when they reach the end of a year on hold that sounds like a deliberate double standard to get revenue.
You need to have a current rego by law so the LTSA has a certain obligation to ensure this happens but it sounds like they have shifted the onus onto the owner if a vehicle is on hold & therefore not on the road. The vehicle is still in the system so it must be deliberate. Common sense would have the computer spitting out reminders promptly either way.

Could it be a money grabbing dictatorial conspiracy by the gummint bean counters, or does this thread not tell the whole truth?

[Gremlin]

You get a letter about 3 weeks before the licence is due. If you move and don't update your address, it becomes your own problem. A reminder that its now overdue is sent after a month. This applies to holds/exemptions also.

Ah, OK, that seems fair enough to me then... provided those letters/reminders do go out...

I chuck all the dates (wof, rego etc) in my calendar with reminders for 2 weeks prior, easy enough - unless you forget to put it in your calendar

[Maha]

Its your bike, you put it on hold, if you can't remember that, tough luck and pay up.

Or would you rather they reminded you it was due and while they are at it come round and wipe your nose and tidy your room as well?

I tend to agree...
The two sentences below alert me to the fact that Mr Cox was indeed notified prior.
The same reasoning could apply to those who 'overlook' getting a WOF on or before the due date and being pinged for it...who's at fault then?


''Just recently I recieved an 'overdue' notice for the registration''......and
''Somehow I must have missed the first notice that the expiry was coming up''

[Zamiam]

Bunch of thieving pricks alright

First new car we bought in March 1994. Fiat registered as 1994. Then they changed the rules so it was year built so suddenly it's a 1993. It was a diesel turbo < 1500kgs so was classed as 1 tonne for road user charges. Then they changed the rules so that you rounded up regardless for RUC's. So now double cost. We hung onto car until 2010 as a spare. Let rego expire a few times simply renewed it and paid back charges when wanted to use it. Then they changed the rules so that if unregistered for more than 12 months it was deregistered (was 24 months before change). How did I find out? Went to register it and it had expired 12 1/2 months earlier. Not possible, needs recomplying, estimated cost 800-1000. Aye what I said? If I'd registered it at 364 days it's alright to drive on the road but the next day it's not. Sold it on trademe doing about $1500 on it. Purchaser drove it back to Nelson from Taranaki n rego or wof. Billed ltsa for the lost money, wrote to minister on transport - end result I'm listed with baycorp. Had to pay back rego even though they wouldn't let me register it.

Wish I good run a business like this!

[Scuba_Steve]

Its your bike, you put it on hold, if you can't remember that, tough luck and pay up.

Or would you rather they reminded you it was due and while they are at it come round and wipe your nose and tidy your room as well?

5 vehicles on hold all at different times, you gonna remember when they all lapse without reminder???
If your answer is yes... Get some friends ay.

[Usarka]

If they threaten debt collection send them an urgent letter or email saying you dispute the charge.