{"id":9991,"date":"2006-03-20T04:01:46","date_gmt":"2006-03-20T01:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/03\/20\/cyprus-road-tax-online-it-gone-wrong\/"},"modified":"2006-03-20T04:01:46","modified_gmt":"2006-03-20T01:01:46","slug":"cyprus-road-tax-online-it-gone-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/03\/20\/cyprus-road-tax-online-it-gone-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyprus road tax online. IT gone wrong."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A couple of weeks ago, Vladimir mentioned<\/a> in his blog<\/a> that he managed to pay road tax online<\/a>. I have to agree, this is a technological breakthrough in functionality offered by Cyprus government’s websites.<\/p>\n

While paying the tax is now possible, the website is still very confusing. It provided practically no information or instructions on what to do. Now the site<\/a> looks a bit different though. Notice that ‘Here’ icon that blinks as fast as your computer can render it?<\/p>\n

So many people wanted to do it online, and so many failed. Some of them even posted comments<\/a> on Vladimir’s blog, providing their information (ID numbers and car registration numbers) in hopes that it would somehow work.<\/p>\n

Technology gone wrong…<\/p>\n

P.S.: As sad as it is, it’s also very funny. Hilarious even.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

A couple of weeks ago, Vladimir mentioned in his blog that he managed to pay road tax online. I have to agree, this is a technological breakthrough in functionality offered by Cyprus government’s websites. While paying the tax is now possible, the website is still very confusing. It provided practically no information or instructions on … Continue reading Cyprus road tax online. 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