I know it is my fault, because I thought I had until the end of May to tax it, not April, but still!
It was parked outside my house, and when I saw him coming towards the car I went out to talk to him,toddler on hip and barefoot in the sodding rain and rather than stopping and telling me what he was doing, and giving me a chance to sort it out, he whacked the clamp on, then said I had to hand over £200 for him to take it off. Which I did, and he went off, having earned £200 in less than 5 minutes.
I've paid the tax online, but have to wait for 5 days for the disc to come thru and then I can apply at the tax office for £100 to be refunded.
I know it's my own fault that the tax has expired, but he's a person, not a robot, he could have given me a chance to do something about it, couldn't he?
And actually, since I pay online and tehy have my mobile no. and email address, why can't they send me a nudge by email, with a link so that I can pay it straight away, instead of 'sending the boys round'? Hmm?