There's no one to actually complain to, so here's a short rant (cut me some slack, I've never made a pointless journal rant like this before and don't expect to again):

I bought the TARDIS car two years ago and, just for fun, sprang extra for personalized registration plates. In my state the fee is $60. Not cheap but not exorbitant, and understandable to some extent since they are a custom order and not just dealt like a random card off the top of the deck like the regular alphabet soup registration plates are.

Here's the ripoff though: Time to renew registration, and $62.50 has been added to the bill as a "2 year Special Plate Fee". This is about as rippy as ripoffs get since the plates are already made, not being custom ordered again. I checked the DMV website and the renewal fee is listed there as well. Fuck you very much, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.