DVLA - new rapid response team?

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Tue 3 Jul 2007 12:25
DVLA - new rapid response team? - daveyjp
My new car was registered on 28 June 2007. My V5c arrived 2 July and the PO were on strike for one day - is this a record?
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Tue 3 Jul 2007 13:35
DVLA - new rapid response team? - boxsterboy
No.

My V5c arrived the day after I collected my car, which was registered 1 day before I collected. And this was the first week in March when there was presumably a new plate surge in 'business' for the DVLA.

I was gobsmacked!
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Tue 3 Jul 2007 14:15
DVLA - new rapid response team? - gmac
My V5c arrived the day after I collected my car....


DVLA probably have an army of part-time contractors in for mid Feb. to mid March and mid Aug. to mid Sept. rush period.
The rest of the year you probably have to rely on Doris who's working reception, doing the lunches and the cleaning and sorts out car registration in her lunchbreak.
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Tue 3 Jul 2007 13:36
DVLA - new rapid response team? - bell boy
is this a record?

if you can spin it on a digit at 45rpm then yes ;-0

but check all details slowly as your car may be showing as a semi rigid tractor unit
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Tue 3 Jul 2007 13:40
DVLA - new rapid response team? - Galad
Has anyone had to wait 6 weeks for a V5? My FiL applied for his on 24 May and still waiting (although DVLA say could take up to 6 weeks?
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Tue 3 Jul 2007 16:25
DVLA - new rapid response team? - pendulum
Took me 3 weeks to get mine through.
But, I renewed my tax disk online on Saturday and it came today (Tuesday), only 2 working days, pretty good.
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Tue 3 Jul 2007 16:53
DVLA - new rapid response team? - bell boy
Galad
have you phoned them to confirm its being processed?
tel.........0870 2400010........best at 8.0am in morning as you will get straight through ,dont tell anyone else though,its our secret
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Tue 3 Jul 2007 16:55
DVLA - new rapid response team? - Glaikit Wee Scunner {P}
SWMBO received her V5 after 10 weeks recently.
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Tue 3 Jul 2007 17:10
DVLA - new rapid response team? - retgwte
friend of mine been waiting for driving licence application 2 months so far, although they are a foreign national with medical conditions, still seems a very long time for a bit of paper/plastic

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