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Post by featherduster on Jan 28, 2020 13:17:36 GMT -5
This year the Indiana BMV is issuing new plates for pickup trucks, I received mine in the mail yesterday.
As I was mounting the plate I noticed it was an 11,000 pound class plate not the regular 7,000 pound plate I have had for ever.
After extended waits on the phone with the BMV because they couldn't answer my question then another extended wait with the Indiana Motor Carrier Division I was provided with the following info.
Indiana no longer issues 7,000 or 9,000 pound plates the smallest plate is now 11,000 pounds and no it doesn't cost any more money.
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Post by deadeer on Jan 28, 2020 13:20:18 GMT -5
I caught that awhile ago too.
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Post by firstwd on Jan 28, 2020 14:33:59 GMT -5
That's what I got when I bought my F250 in November of 2018. I just thought it was because the truck was a 3/4 ton.
Now we know.
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Post by beermaker on Jan 28, 2020 17:34:48 GMT -5
I noticed that on mine as well. I just figured they finally noticed that it was a 3/4 ton.
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Post by Sasquatch on Jan 29, 2020 9:07:44 GMT -5
Strange they didn't jack up the price! Yay I guess!
The Post Office is less generous.
Went in to ship a package, and now in 2020 they won't even give you a label. .99 more after paying $14 shipping. Ha!
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Jan 29, 2020 11:45:01 GMT -5
Strange they didn't jack up the price! Yay I guess! The Post Office is less generous. Went in to ship a package, and now in 2020 they won't even give you a label. .99 more after paying $14 shipping. Ha! Still gonna guess that’s way cheaper than your gas and time for you to deliver it yourself.
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Post by Sasquatch on Jan 29, 2020 16:02:06 GMT -5
Strange they didn't jack up the price! Yay I guess! The Post Office is less generous. Went in to ship a package, and now in 2020 they won't even give you a label. .99 more after paying $14 shipping. Ha! Still gonna guess that’s way cheaper than your gas and time for you to deliver it yourself. Depends on which plate I have. It's all good, though the alchemy by which they arrive at their rates is sometimes confusing. More than once it has been only a few cents more to bump a package up to priority, so I usually do that for the customer. All in all, it's remarkable how we can get pretty much anything anywhere in such a huge country.
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Post by esshup on Jan 29, 2020 19:12:41 GMT -5
With my USPS experiences lately, make sure you get a tracking number. I sent an envelope to Wynne, Arkansas, and the same envelope to Malinta, OH last Tuesday. Supposedly 2 day, 3 at the most. The envelope to Arkansas arrived on Friday, the envelope going to Ohio is "still in transit".
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Post by 36fan on Jan 30, 2020 23:26:09 GMT -5
This year the Indiana BMV is issuing new plates for pickup trucks, I received mine in the mail yesterday. As I was mounting the plate I noticed it was an 11,000 pound class plate not the regular 7,000 pound plate I have had for ever. After extended waits on the phone with the BMV because they couldn't answer my question then another extended wait with the Indiana Motor Carrier Division I was provided with the following info. Indiana no longer issues 7,000 or 9,000 pound plates the smallest plate is now 11,000 pounds and no it doesn't cost any more money. FYI - last year the BMV started charging a convenience fee for renewing plates online.
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Post by firstwd on Jan 31, 2020 9:14:49 GMT -5
This year the Indiana BMV is issuing new plates for pickup trucks, I received mine in the mail yesterday. As I was mounting the plate I noticed it was an 11,000 pound class plate not the regular 7,000 pound plate I have had for ever. After extended waits on the phone with the BMV because they couldn't answer my question then another extended wait with the Indiana Motor Carrier Division I was provided with the following info. Indiana no longer issues 7,000 or 9,000 pound plates the smallest plate is now 11,000 pounds and no it doesn't cost any more money. FYI - last year the BMV started charging a convenience fee for renewing plates online. Was that just last year? I thought there was a fee from the get go.
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Post by 36fan on Jan 31, 2020 12:14:31 GMT -5
Nope, it was "free" until last year. I went to renew my plates last year and noticed the fee. I had to drive right by the BMV, so I renewed at their office. While there, the young lady assisting me told me the BMV had quietly added the fee recently.
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Post by firstwd on Jan 31, 2020 13:32:06 GMT -5
Nope, it was "free" until last year. I went to renew my plates last year and noticed the fee. I had to drive right by the BMV, so I renewed at their office. While there, the young lady assisting me told me the BMV had quietly added the fee recently. Okay, the actual "convenience fee". The same one added to online licenses sales. That's not a BMV thing, that's a state system thing they day covers maintenance for computer system.
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