Community Chat

[Mindy D]

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@geezerette wrote:

My state uses a third party when paying online and there is an extra nominal fee however you decide to pay.

To avoid any extra fees you either have to mail in a check directly to the MVD, or go to the local office and pay in person.

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@geezerette Which, when you think about it, probably costs the state even more because they need humans to open the mail and data entry the checks and post receipts to the senders. 

[chrystaltree]

I don't know why that surprises you.  It's nothing new and most people gladly pay the measly nothing about of $3.50 per vehicle to quickly and safely to renew their registrations fees.  Perhaps your preference would have been to go down to the registration, stand in line and pay in cash but most people have moved beyond wasting their time like that.   

[chrystaltree]

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@Mindy D wrote:

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@geezerette wrote:

My state uses a third party when paying online and there is an extra nominal fee however you decide to pay.

To avoid any extra fees you either have to mail in a check directly to the MVD, or go to the local office and pay in person.

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@geezerette Which, when you think about it, probably costs the state even more because they need humans to open the mail and data entry the checks and post receipts to the senders. 

And with checks and money orders, there's always a problem with theft.   Not to mention that if humans do the work it can take 30 days or longer to process checks and money orders.

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[Mindy D]

In June the Louisiana and Oregon Offices of Motor Vehicles were part of a hack which included banking, credit, and personal information from driver's licenses and Social Security information for every one.  

[Snooky60]

@RetRN - I'm with u. How hard is it to write a check? And so many people have their debit and credit accounts hacked. I also always make sure I have cash on me.💗

[Venezia]

So, you write a check and either have to pay to mail it (and don't risk putting it in your mailbox for carrier pickup) or you go to the motor vehicle department or (in rural cases) your town office.  Then, with the mail, there's the delay of it getting to the DMV and processing it.

How much does that cost in time and gas?  (And parking depending on where you live.)  $3.50 seems like a bargain to me for the convenience of using a credit card and not having to leave my home.

I always do our auto registrations online now.

[spumoni99]

We use bill pay for all of our insurance renewals and all of our other bills, no checks, no stamp.

[Mindy D]

Plus they are very late in updating their website. There's at least three places that say there will be a $2 charge. Since I used their QUICK SCAN thing, I didn't get to see these. I just went to the site without using their QUICK SCAN method and I could see there would be a charge, although it is the wrong amount for the charge. THESE PAGES WERE BYPASSED WHEN USING THE QUICK SCAN.

[Mindy D]

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@chrystaltree wrote:

I don't know why that surprises you.  It's nothing new and most people gladly pay the measly nothing about of $3.50 per vehicle to quickly and safely to renew their registrations fees.  Perhaps your preference would have been to go down to the registration, stand in line and pay in cash but most people have moved beyond wasting their time like that.   

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@chrystaltree @I was suprised because I've paid by check before and because the QUICK SCAN brought me to a page that didn't mention a fee. 

[Still Raining]

I would think you could still go in person to the DMV and pay in person.  We can still do that even for property tax.

Might the world's cheapest person, but I do appreciate just paying a small fee to avoid the hassle.