On 2 Jul 2004 12:10:57 GMT, Simon Barr <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>In article <8hjae057l3em1pu51jaqqe7sud3f85d5na@4ax.com>, Austin Shackles wrote:
>> On or around Thu, 01 Jul 2004 14:53:59 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother}
>> @"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>>>Still useless barstards :-(
>>
>> I had a letter from them telling me that I was no longer the keeper of my
>> 110, following my sending them the V5, duly annotated.
>>
>> a) they've never done that before, and
>> b) what a waste of time and effort.
>>
>
>The're probably notifying you in case it wasn't really you sending the
>old V5 off. Most likely some anti fraud type measure to prevent people
>getting hold of V5's for illegal purposes.
It's so that when the person you sold the car too doesn't tax it and
gets nabbed by one of those nice little cameras or he gets a thousand
quids worth of parking tickets you can show the police/courts that the
vehicle was no longer yours.
Regards
Steve G