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Wed 30 Jun 2004 12:55
Down to the wire - J Bonington Jagworth
Have I still time to get a refund of road tax from 1st July, or do the documents have to be at Swansea already?

TIA
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Wed 30 Jun 2004 12:57
Down to the wire - Mapmaker
Yes. Posting date is all that matters. Get it posted & get your proof of posting as well...

& include a covering note indicating that it is posted in time, and refer them to the note on the back of the refund form confirming that this is correct.

& then get a Harry-Potter style magic spell to make them do it correctly!

& then receive a refund from the end of July only....
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Wed 30 Jun 2004 13:00
Down to the wire - J Bonington Jagworth
Thank you MM.I wonder if it's worth it? :-)
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Wed 30 Jun 2004 13:16
Down to the wire - Andrew-T
.. and get the PO to datestamp the back of your envelope before you post it ..
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Wed 30 Jun 2004 13:20
Down to the wire - J Bonington Jagworth
Thank you, Andrew - good idea.
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Wed 30 Jun 2004 23:43
Down to the wire - J Bonington Jagworth
..although in fact they wouldn't do it. PO lady says they're not allowed to stamp the date on ordinary letters. Proof of posting should be sufficient, I guess, but a date-stamp would have been nice...
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Thu 1 Jul 2004 00:39
Down to the wire - Andrew-T
JBJ, you may have been foiled by your local Jobsworth. My PO did what I suggest a couple of years ago, but I suppose an obstructionist directive may have been issued since.
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Thu 1 Jul 2004 11:50
Down to the wire - J Bonington Jagworth
She seemed to be worried that it might get confused with a postmark, but suggested that that should have the same date. She wasn't too jobsworthy about it, so I didn't argue. If the DVLA get difficult, I'll be back...
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Thu 1 Jul 2004 12:26
Down to the wire - Mapmaker
For £12, you won't bother... (just a prediction!)
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Thu 1 Jul 2004 23:43
Down to the wire - J Bonington Jagworth
"For £12, you won't bother.."

I will, MM, believe me! I have Scotch ancestors.. {:-)
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Thu 1 Jul 2004 20:22
Down to the wire - Andrew-T
Confused with a postmark? I can't remember when I last received a letter with a postmark I could read with any certainty.
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Thu 1 Jul 2004 12:50
Down to the wire - patently
Quite right. We'd can't have people date-stamping letters willy-nilly.

Think of all the ink that will be wasted! And where will we be then??

Glad to know the Post Office is its usual helpful self. Where do they find these people? What do they do to them to make them THIS unhelpful?
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Thu 1 Jul 2004 23:47
Down to the wire - J Bonington Jagworth
Perhaps it would be worth setting up my computer to print the date on the envelope. I could even design a round imprint that looked like the Post Office's...
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