Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Plates: A Mystery Story

Collapse
This topic is closed.
X
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Plates: A Mystery Story

    I posted about how I've gotten a car after a year of riding the bus. I've had it since the end of October and there was a bump in the process, but I finally got the registration and title mailed to me. I still have a temporary plate and have been pulled over by a rookie who doesn't know that the plates you print from online do go in the car window, not on the car. I have the DOT website, an email, and the plate itself as proof, but still I don't like driving around with that.

    Well, on Monday I spent just shy of $1,000 on brakes. I was fine with doing that; I did not pay for this car so whatever. But now I'm wondering if I should have. What if I never get the physical plates? I emailed the DOT on Christmas and got the following response on the 27th:

    We processed your application on December 8th. The title and certificate of registration was mailed on December 13th. The license plates and stickers were mailed on December 14th. This time of year the mail time can take a few extra days due to the enormous amount of holiday mail.
    A few extra days? It's been 3 weeks. My temporary plates expire 1/21. I am worried now, so I responded yesterday:

    My temporary plates expire in about 3 weeks. My mail box locks so I
    think it's unlikely the new plates have been stolen, but the permanent
    plates seem to be taking an unusually long time to be delivered, even
    taking into account the holidays. Should I run into the situation
    wherein I still haven't received them by the expiration date, what
    would be my next step? I am very concerned about being in compliance
    with the law.
    I'm going to see if they respond by tomorrow. If not I'll have to go to the DMV Saturday to ask about it. I could go car-free for a while, but after spending $900-and-something to be able to drive, I don't want to.
    "Is it hot in here to you? It's very warm, isn't it?"--Nero, probably

  • #2
    I've never before heard of getting permanent plates in the mail.

    I hope you get an answer. Even better, I hope you get your plates!
    Customer service: More efficient than a Dementor's kiss
    ~ Mr Hero

    Comment


    • #3
      When my plates got changed, they were mailed to me.
      /is in same state as Food Lady
      Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.

      "I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily

      Comment


      • #4
        My last plates were mailed to me, but then, I got personalized Milwaukee Brewers plates.

        They are still on my old car, though. I really need to do something about that.
        Unseen but seeing
        oh dear, now they're masquerading as sane-KiaKat
        There isn't enough interpretive dance in the workplace these days-Irv
        3rd shift needs love, too
        RIP, mo bhrionglóid

        Comment


        • #5
          I got my plates the day the temp plates expired. I was leaving on a long distance trip and was having a panic attack about being harassed by the cops. I found out I could have applied for new paper temp plates while I was waiting thru the dealership I had purchased the car from because they were all kinds of awesome but that would not work for you but they might have an online extension you could get?

          Comment


          • #6
            I think I could have applied again and just paid the fee. But they came today, finally, along with the skin creme I thought was on backorder. That almost makes up for the call I had today wherein I pawned him off on my supervisor.
            "Is it hot in here to you? It's very warm, isn't it?"--Nero, probably

            Comment


            • #7
              Quoth Pixelated View Post
              I've never before heard of getting permanent plates in the mail.
              Pennsylvania once mailed plates, when they went to the newer style some years ago. They'd changed the colors and added an extra digit...and retired the old blue-and-yellow plates.

              The one thing that occasionally worries me about plates, is that I'll have some rookie pull me over the sports car, and bust my balls about the plates. It has "classic" plates on it--the old silver-and-purple ones--which look a lot different if you're not used to them, and they're not as common now.
              Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines. --Enzo Ferrari

              Comment


              • #8
                DOT = general WTF.

                I use a non-driver ID which is handled by the same office as state DL's. Last time I renewed, it didn't show up in the mail for like a month, so I contacted them. "Oh" says they, "that was mailed out within 4 days of your renewal."

                Yeah? So where is it?

                They sent me a new one. Or perhaps it was really the same one that had oh, I don't know, been lying around in a pile of "to do" stuff on someone's desk.
                When you start at zero, everything's progress.

                Comment


                • #9
                  Reminds me of when I had some of my medical records sent to a government agency in preparation for some red tape I had to deal with (fun, fun!). I had them sent in nearly a month before they were required. I get there on the day of, and they claimed that they never received the papers, so I asked the secretary to double-check. She did so, and found my packet of paperwork. On her desk. In a vertical "Inbox" rack, where they had been sitting, unopened and unacknolwedged, for over three weeks at that point x.x Keep in mind that this rack could only hold 6 or so items total, too. You kinda HAVE to actively ignore its contents in order to miss anything.
                  "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
                  "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
                  "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
                  "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
                  "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
                  "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
                  Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
                  "Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me

                  Comment


                  • #10
                    In researching a solution and other people's experiences I found this:

                    http://www.fitfreak.net/forums/gener...ed-scream.html

                    I'm glad it didn't come to this in my case.
                    "Is it hot in here to you? It's very warm, isn't it?"--Nero, probably

                    Comment

                    Working...