Sb100 01/02/2007

[pgermond]

Just out of curiosity.... how many of you are looking to secure one of the 500 SB100 numbers on January 2, 2007 (let's try and keep this topic in tact so we can get an accurate count, i.e. no hijacking please - thanks).

[jdog]

I plan to get me one, Phil!

jdog
P.S. I apologize right now to anyone who's toes I step on or ribs that get bruised, on Jan 2nd! Did you see what people were doing to each other, just for a 'Playstation III'?

[Dinobyte]

I plan on getting one...San Mateo County

[jmarsey]

Originally Posted by jdog

I plan to get me one, Phil!

jdog
P.S. I apologize right now to anyones toe's that I step on or ribs that get bruised, on Jan 2nd! Did you see what people were doing to each other, just for a 'Playstation III'?

Yeah jdog, it’s almost as tough as getting a WSCB-Track Day spot!

John

[ezplans]

Me too. Hoping someone will tell me if one of the DMV's in the Bakersfield area know what they're doing as I'll be at my gopher ranch on the 2nd.

Bill

[Fred Z]

I will be getting one...................

fred z

[Mr Monster]

I'm getting one. Plan on camping...maybe bring a port-a-potty

[jdog]

Originally Posted by Mr Monster

I'm getting one. Plan on camping...maybe bring a port-a-potty

Maybe we should go to the same DMV office, we could take turns going for hot coffee!

Good Luck
jdog

[vince911cobra]

To all those who need SB100

In case you are not aware of some recommendations, here they are:

Strongly recommend going to an DMV office familiar with the SB100 process. Even if you have to travel a few hours, it may be worth it. Also, you may want to start a thread asking other members their experience with their local DMV.
The Folsom in DMV knows the SB100 process well. I showed up an hour before they opened and was 15th in line and got a number.

You may want to visit your local DMV office ahead of time and talk to the person who will be in charge of this process, see how comfortable you are with their knowledge of the process. Many clerks have no idea whats involved. Tell them your situation and what help you are looking for.

Example: In Folsom there was about 6-8 of us. The clerk called on our behalf continously untill she got through, (45-75min). She then ran all our apps. while on the phone with downtown Sac at one time. This is huge, if they hangup and recall, the numbers will be gone before everyone gets one.

Guys, this is a tag team effort. Organize ahead of time, let DMV ahead of time know how many people you expect in your group and if they will group you guys together when they finally get though on the phone. This is going to require a one on one relationship with the clerk. Most clerks will work with you once you tell them the whole story of whats involved and how long you have had to wait for this SB100 process.

Under no circumstance leave DMV if the clerk tells you to go home and we will call you once we get through on the phone.

Do not let them just call once every 5 or 10 min, you will never all get your numbers. There has to be a clerk dedicated to keep on calling till they get through. Suggest this to the clerk ahead of time during you pre-visit. Many clerks have no idea of the volume of calls this creats to the downtown office once they open this process.

GOOD LUCK!.

[Hray]

O.k. guys, I have a 32 foot motor home that we may be able to camp out in.

looks like about 4 or 5 of us want one of those numbers. I did chat yesterday with the lady at dmv on broadway she is aware of the redialing secret.

what do you say.. email rgreen@inreach.com

[Bluedog]

Whatever it takes...I will be camped out waiting in line. Kinda reminds the time when I was a teenager standing in line all night long to get Van Halen tickets! I got center stage floor tickets. Persistence is everything!
Bluedog

[decooney]

Hey Vince, FYI -
The main contact at Folsom is not there any more, so I would not talk up on Folsom - just so you are aware; different staff there now; we'll see. Those people are gone to other sites now. Note: I started familiarizing myself with the folks there in Folsom 6 months in advance and none of them knew anyting about it or what to do the first 1-4 times I went in there. I went in every month, once a month just to let them know, and to check on what the lay of the land was going to be. Essentially, I went in with a binder with all the downloaded documented procedure notes from everythign I could find on the web (hilighted) with details and showed them; what they showed me was an old SPCNS procedure from 2001 with reference to SB100. That is all they had. The final notice they received went to them after Christmas and DMV was holding the actual/final approved procedure till a few days before New Years. CRAZY! Actually, we got pretty lucky getting our numbers as well as we did.

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Just want to make sure everyone knows, the whole SB100 thing is a bit of a crapshoot, no guarantee, and its worth working with someone at the DMV office who truly knows the what the process is and what it's not when the doors open. It would not suprise me if they come up with yet another revised procedure this year. We'll see. Good Luck to all.

[sportyworty]

Too bad AAA does not handle SB100 as they are great to work with.

[MFE III]

I'll be there as well!!

[Dinobyte]

Is anyone else from the San Mateo County area going to get an SB100?

Has anyone used any of the DMV's in the San Mateo area to get an SB100 in the past?

Let's get together as stated above and turn this into a team effort.

[Bluedog]

Unbelieveable! I tried to setup an appointment in Los Gatos for 8am on January 2nd and I got the message "Date nor time is available". So after a few more tries I decided to cut bait. I selected Santa Clara and got an appointment at 8.45. The time was 12:01am.

Apparently, not all DMV offices are open the same day. This really ticks me off but I hope I got a shot at it still.

[ezplans]

It will be interesting to see how many of us get numbers - 8 or 9 disclosed, or 50, as of 1/3/06. We who hope to get a number don't seem to share so well on this issue. Went in person to an, of course, undisclosed DMV 2 weeks ago, spoke with manager and regular DMV clerk. They called Sacramento, got all the phone numbers, said they'll start dialing at 8:00 am, no appointment. Will probably drive over between Christmas and New Year's just to say hello (candy, flowers, bribes - no not bribes). Cautiously optimistic.

Bill

[Jon Miller]

I went to Santa Clara this year, and they did a good job, but the lady in charge was just covering for the regular office manager was out on vacation. I arrived at 7:00am and was number 3 in line. By the time they opened there were about 10 of us, and it did not matter if we had an appointment or not. They just put us all in a group and had one lady do the calling for all of us. We all got numbers no matter if we arrived at 5am, or three hours later.....

Good Luck!
-Jon

[Dennis Larson]

I would suggest you make an appointment at your local DMV office for 8am or 8:30am. Get there early bring your statemenet of Origin and checkbook. Last year the numbers were gone by 2pm if my memory serves me correctly. They need to log the numbers in a book in the Sacto HQ DMV so your counter clerk has to call Sacto HQ for each customer and this will take some time.

[vince911cobra]

Dennis

Thanks for the input and I'm sure someone may have some luck getting an appointment this late but doubtful. Again guys, read this thread all the way through. DO NOT WAIT FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT TO SHOW UP, GET THEIR EARLY. THEY WILL MOST LIKELY GROUP YOU GUYS TOGETHER AND MAKE ONE PHONE CALL. If memory serves me correct, the numbers were gone by about noon. Good luck again