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rrlund · Jun 12, 2023

I know it's not popular on here and I'll probably get accused of smoking crack or something, but I just had an
unbelievable experience at the Secretary of State's Office in Alma Michigan. I had to renew the license tabs for my
pickup and stopped in after we dropped a load of cattle at the sale barn. The door hadn't even closed behind me yet
and the gal called my right up to the counter. I handed her the form that came in the mail and told her what I was
there for. She asked for my phone number, I gave it to her, she told me how much it was and she was done with what
she had to do faster than I could write the check. She thanked me and I was out. I doubt I was in there three
minutes. I think the same song was still on the radio when I got back in the truck as was playing when I got out.

Bill(Wis) · Jun 12, 2023

Sometimes they surprise you.

tomstractorsandtoys · Jun 12, 2023

Remember this the next time you wait forever and then they tell you something you have is not right. It is like remembering the perfect summer day while out in a blizzard. LOL Tom

wp6529 · Jun 12, 2023

I was at a DPS office for CDL paperwork once. They were pretty well organized and had an initial couple "triage" windows to check what people needed and direct them to the correct other windows, forms, etc.

When I got to the proper window the woman there was amazing and had another DPS office on the phone to transfer paperwork for me while she was handling another customer as well as helping the new guy working the other window. Presumably she has moved on to bigger and better things by now.

HFJ · Jun 12, 2023

(quoted from post at 13:38:37 06/12/23) I know it's not popular on here and I'll probably get accused of smoking crack or something, but I just had an
unbelievable experience at the Secretary of State's Office in Alma Michigan. I had to renew the license tabs for my
pickup and stopped in after we dropped a load of cattle at the sale barn. The door hadn't even closed behind me yet
and the gal called my right up to the counter. I handed her the form that came in the mail and told her what I was
there for. She asked for my phone number, I gave it to her, she told me how much it was and she was done with what
she had to do faster than I could write the check. She thanked me and I was out. I doubt I was in there three
minutes. I think the same song was still on the radio when I got back in the truck as was playing when I got out.

my experiences with the Mi SoS out here in the corn fields have been mostly positive as well. there used to be an office in Vassar that was always like u described. it was closed, presumably because of so little traffic, and candice miller took a lot of heat for it, but it was the right thing to do. there's one in Caro that is still pretty close to that, in terms of the time u need to spend there. the one in Lapeer is as bad as the ones in metro Detroit. i've walked into it twice and walked right back out both times, it was a human sardine can.

wjytexas · Jun 12, 2023

In much of Texas you can renew registrations at most neighborhood H.E.B. grocery stores. Has to be the county you live in. Time it right, have your check written and you are in and out. Otherwise it's a drive to a county tax office.

wp6529 · Jun 12, 2023

(quoted from post at 13:53:42 06/12/23) In much of Texas you can renew registrations at most neighborhood H.E.B. grocery stores. Has to be the county you live in. Time it right, have your check written and you are in and out. Otherwise it's a drive to a county tax office.

Online renewal unless over like 50,000 GVW. No need to visit anywhere in most cases.

JamesJTX · Jun 12, 2023

Yep, and for me the county office is just less than 1 mile from where I get my trucks inspected.

miangus · Jun 12, 2023

I did the on-line renewal for my pickup and got the sticker the next day.

wore out · Jun 12, 2023

North Dakota has lots of self-service kiosks in malls, truck stops, supermarkets, etc., and you can print your own renewal tabs instantly without human interaction.

Must be many other states with a similar setup?

37 chief · Jun 12, 2023

Some people have all the luck. Not quite like that at the California DMV. Stand in line for a half hour to get number to show up at one of the 20 or so windows. Wait for your number to be called another 1/2 hr or more. Then if every things goes right, go to another line to pay, that line goes faster when they are getting your money. Heading there soon to renew my Motorcycle license, and auto license. Not looking foreward to that. Stan

rrlund · Jun 12, 2023

I usually renew by mail, but it expired Friday and I remembered it Saturday. Too late. I remebered in October one year that it had expired in June. I knew the gal at the counter that time. She smiled and said ''Get caught?''. I laughed and said ''No, just remembered.''.

Buckhammer · Jun 12, 2023

The title of this thread would be totally different if you had went to the Ionia office.

rrlund · Jun 12, 2023

From what I hear, Ionia is better than Greenville. I've gone to the Ionia branch before, but it's been a lot of years. The reviews online say the one in Alma is one of the worst, but this was the second time I've gone there and I was real impressed both times. I had to renew my CDL last year, two of the clerks were on break when I got there and I was still out of there in twenty minutes.

I remember when I first started driving, there was a branch office in the back of the flower shop in Stanton. You'd go in, Mrs Damaska would wipe the dirt off her hands and go behind the counter.

Goose · Jun 12, 2023

I always just do ours on line and get the stuff in the mail in a day or two.

Tony in SD · Jun 12, 2023

I still go to the same court house, same office as my Grandpa, my Dad, my self and my kids, and soon my Grandkids do every year. Almost never a line. And if there is I know the people in line and we chat while waiting. Exactly the same with drivers license renewals. Some places never change. Got to love small towns.

Johnhof · Jun 12, 2023

Not familiar with Calif but there is no online of kiosk renewal? Indiana has both. I waited too long to get the online filing thru the mail so went to BMV. Super helpful girl there walked me to the lobby and helped print the registrations on the spot.

Leroy · Jun 12, 2023

Never heard of that, only do in person and have for 63 years. Not going to
change. Drivers licence how do you do vision test without going in?

CEP ACB · Jun 12, 2023

The last time my mother renewed her license she was worried.
Her younger brother didn't pass his test. (which was probably a good thing) So she studied hard and when it came up for renewal they never tested her , they let her renew by mail !
I think she was 93 or 94 at the time !
This is Michigan.
She did a good job driving I've followed her and ridden with her , But still.

HFJ · Jun 12, 2023

you don't. people are talking about renewing their plates. the internet doesn't scare many of us

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