NYS DMV needs to be reamed with a planet-sized chainsaw

[Anaamika]

I'm just trying to get the car I just got switched over to my name, registered, and titled.

I've had to submit no less than 13 different forms, paid four separate fees, been down to the DMV three times, (so much for their mail-only crap!) and every fucking time I go back they give me another form I supposedly need. Aargh! I just spent an hour waiting in their so-called efficient line. The receipt they gave me said "8 minutes wait time today!" Since when does 8 minutes equal an hour?
And I have to go back tomorrow! With another form!
Not to mention the bitch-fest I go through when I tell them I got it for free, I don't need to pay sales tax, the car is older than dirt. One asked, "Was it a repo?" No you stupid twit, the guy who gave it to me got a 2004 car and didn't want it anymore, and gave it to me out of the kindness of his heart!

And not to mention the people that go to the DMV:


The guy near me, hacking and coughing without covering his mouth,
The woman behind me making rude and gossipy comments about everyone. I was just waiting for her to say something about me.
The guy in front of me, who was industriously picking his nose, examining the results, and wiping them on his jeans. Truth be told, I was in awe of how carefree he was. Right in the middle of the fucking DMV he's doing major excavations.
And lastly, the girl with her jeans crammed so far up into her crotch it was no longer a case of camel toe but every camel wrinkle & fingernail. I've got no real complaints about her, actually, it just made me wince.

Once I said that Albany DMV was organized. And it was, for 20 minutes in 1960. Now, I take it all back!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!

[Exgineer]

Is this the one downtown on Broadway or whatever it is?

I saw a drive-by shooting in the parking lot there once. Seriously.

[JohnBckWLD]

My gripes: Diamond Lil - The old lady with the pink lipstick, the costume jewelry & the 'you'll wait' attitude who apparently doesn't know you're supposed to add water before soaking in the Chanel Bath Gel The mean bitch who's tits (and rest of her) are so huge that she hads to wear a house coat (moomoo-sp?) to work - You just now if it wasn't for bureacratic jobs like this, she'd be in line like the rest of us - the only difference it would be the welfare line The senile veteran selling poppies at the entranceway. Fine sir, I'll give you a buck - but not everytime I go out to have a cigarette A buck for a pen that doesn't even write - That'll teach ya to come prepared That stupid doorbell noise that rings everytime the 'Now Serving' sign changes - And why is it that the letter that procedes the number on my ticket never seem to change? Maybe I'm paranoid, but I bet the DMVNYReg2006X2A47C/2 forms will have a section where you're requird to leave a DNA sample - I just hope I aim well But worst of all: The FUCKING sales taxes

How many times does this God Damned state feel they deserve to collect taxes everytime a card is sold?They bang you at the pump at the rate of 36.9¢ / Gallon
They get $8 round trip every time you cross a bridge
The DMV fees are outrageous
Don't even get me started on insurance
Parking tickets = $100 / Moving Violations @ least a buck & a halfAnd yet the state wants their cut everytime a vehicle changes hands. Do the math:
New $40,000 @ 8.75% = $3,500
Sold 2 years later $25K = $2,188
You gonna buy @ $10K = $ 875
Now A Station Car $4K = $ 350
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They're collecting $6,900 in sales tax

Fuck the 'planet sized chainsaw'...I nominate them for a galaxy sized reaming

[OtakuLoki]

I feel your pain. I think that of all public sector employees the ones who are rock bottom are working at the various DMV's.

Just a point of clarification, however: The DMV offices are actually run by the respective counties, at least outside of NYC. (I don't know about NYC, that may be different, as is everything else about NYC.) If you have a problem with the clerks at the office, the person ultimately responsible for service there is the County Clerk.

So, not only is the DMV a pain, but now you have a whole other layer of gov't between you and the registry, too. Oh, joy.

FWIW, the last time I had to go to the DMV (renewing license I'd allowed to lapse) I got good service, but I specifically went on a Tuesday, and knew I was going to have problems. And of course, that was a different county than your experience.

I hope you get things fixed soon.

[MsRobyn]

Wow. Compared to the NYS DMV, I've got nothing but praise for PennDOT's Driver and Vehicle Services.

This past December, my parents paid off my car. The car was already titled in PA, but they live in Texas. Two phone calls and some forms later, and I got the correct part of the title signed off and notarized, and the gift affidavit (which waives sales tax) signed off and notarized. The only problem was that my parents signed in two places: The right place, and the place where I was supposed to sign. The DVS clerk still allowed the title form as is, because too many signatures is better than too few. $28.50 later, and the car was mine. The pink slip came in the mail a week later.

I love PennDOT.

Robin