DVLA sent me a new logbook, spelt my name wrong so I have to send it back. Why should I pay for the stamp? AIBU

[maydaychild]

I don't often post here, but be damned if I am paying out for a stamp for their mistake.
They give no freepost address, I can't talk to a human being (it's all automated phone messages).

Screw them, they can pay postage and handling fee for underpaid item.

Or will it end up in the bin and I will have no logbook....?

AIBU or should I stop moaning and put a stamp on it.
Majority rules.........

stop moaning and put a stamp on it

Put a stamp on it.

Put a stamp on it and stop moaning! Well you did ask!

No, moaning is the order of the day. Come on fellow self righteous MNetters

Stamp. Or it'll end in the bin. You can email them if you really want to contact them about it, I emailed when my logbook got lost before i put it away went awol in the post. They sent me a new one.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Stamp on ..... Don't sweat the small stuff

ffs put a stamp on it!!

Oooh freaky x post there

Damn it. Not one of you agrees with me.

You'll probably end up with no log book as the royal mail have a habit of storing and not delivering business things without a stamp on.

Mistakes can happen you know - sure it wasn't done deliberately.

Blimmin' eck. Do people really worry about this stuff?
Put a bloody stamp on it.

I reckon I'll get some sympathy in pedants corner.....

Put a stamp on it but keep moaning, 'tis your right!

Get a grip and put a stamp on it.

You are just trying to get MN a bad name for being mental.

Leave the bastards take the bastards to court, it's the only sensible option.

is this really a serious thread?

It's going to end up in a Daily Mail feature about how mad we all are.

YANBU, I hate paying for other people's mistakes. The DVLA did the same to me a few years ago but sent me a log book without me having to send the old one back. Isn't there any option to speak to someone?

Nope, their phone hangs up on you when they have finished patronising giving information

Try emailing them, but if it doesn't work, rush out and get a 2nd class stamp, before they go up.
If it's any consolation, this is exactly the sort of minor issue I get really annoyed about too! So at least you're not alone in that!

oh for the love of god ...

I'm with you. Loathe dvla & that cones from working with them as police liaison. Crappety crap govt agency. Wait until you get a letter in the post where the stamp hasn't been franked and use that. That way you are getting back at dvla & the post office. Both of whom, should be put out to tender IMHO.

arent government bodies not allowed to make mistakes? don't be so mean and anal and put a bloody stamp on it!