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Private plates
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Trying to find a decent plate with my initials in, it's not that they're too expensive I just can't find a good selection anywhere. My initials are NW and I wanted a one or two number suffix on there.
It's frustrating because I can see loads of good plates for my dad/brother/gf, but I've been searching for months for me with no luck.
What sites do you guys look on for premium plates?
It's frustrating because I can see loads of good plates for my dad/brother/gf, but I've been searching for months for me with no luck.
What sites do you guys look on for premium plates?
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I have tried buying off people driving the cars, dead end unless your talking big bucks.
I've stuck to DVLA auctions to buy, buying from new reg and the likes are always stupid expensive. Lots of auctions go crazy fast, you start at like £300 and its at £3,000 within seconds.
I am sometimes tempted by ebay and some private auctions but not too often.
I've stuck to DVLA auctions to buy, buying from new reg and the likes are always stupid expensive. Lots of auctions go crazy fast, you start at like £300 and its at £3,000 within seconds.
I am sometimes tempted by ebay and some private auctions but not too often.
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Thanks ian-d! Been keeping my eye on auctions but nothing ever seems to come up
Might bid on that one if I can't find something in the meantime.
Expect it to sell for around £5,000
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I used to have the domain privatereg but let it lapse. Have had a few car and name related plates. First was quite a poor effort at Miles G and was M111ESG, Bought a GL63 plate as when I got car from new it came with an ML63 plate (pure coincidence it was allocated) and it just didn't make sense.
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I got into domaining because of an old interest in number plates - my first job was for a local office of the DVLA (or DVLC as it was then) and before long, I was involved in transferring private plates for individuals and the early traders.
There was a construction / civil engineering company called whose initials were AS, that used to retain rubbish old numbers in order to get as many new numbers (which were all AS nnnn) - in order to change a number, a new one had to be issued, of the same age as the one coming off the donor vehicle and the company realised that it would always be an AS issued for a certain aged vehicle.
The company is still going today, but I don't know if they still have the numbers - but they had a lot of them at the time. I doubt that anyone really noticed the registration numbers being used as a marketing tool.
Generally, private registration numbers are all about ego - and for this reason, people are generally prepared to pay more for a plate than they are a domain name.
I once had to transfer DJC1 (my own initials) for a lady who insisted that she wasn't a snob. She wouldn't give me the number though!
There was a construction / civil engineering company called whose initials were AS, that used to retain rubbish old numbers in order to get as many new numbers (which were all AS nnnn) - in order to change a number, a new one had to be issued, of the same age as the one coming off the donor vehicle and the company realised that it would always be an AS issued for a certain aged vehicle.
The company is still going today, but I don't know if they still have the numbers - but they had a lot of them at the time. I doubt that anyone really noticed the registration numbers being used as a marketing tool.
Generally, private registration numbers are all about ego - and for this reason, people are generally prepared to pay more for a plate than they are a domain name.
I once had to transfer DJC1 (my own initials) for a lady who insisted that she wasn't a snob. She wouldn't give me the number though!
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Watching but prices crazy high again. Steve is in Gib, I doubt he'll be allowed a UK plate there
I've pretty much given up on plates after someone on here tried to con me.
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Some of the prices so far are more than some sites are selling comparative plates for. I just got destroyed on BIG 666, one minute I'm winning then bam gone.
3 more today but pretty sure I'm going home empty handed.
I didn't even think about his location heh.
3 more today but pretty sure I'm going home empty handed.
I didn't even think about his location heh.
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Ah right, no idea why I thought that then, going mad!
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Nice plate, perfect for the usage.
Are you getting the domain printed under the plate ? Like how some plates have a drop down lip at the bottom with a dealer name, phone number etc. Always wonder why companies have nice plates on their vehicles but miss this. The number of times I see number plates posted on facebook/twitter and wonder WHY!
Are you getting the domain printed under the plate ? Like how some plates have a drop down lip at the bottom with a dealer name, phone number etc. Always wonder why companies have nice plates on their vehicles but miss this. The number of times I see number plates posted on facebook/twitter and wonder WHY!
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I had kept my eyes on plates on a number of DVLA auctions in the past, put in a few cheeky bids but never won, I remember bidding for B055 MAX .... probs best I didn't win that... few mates said i'd have looked a dick with it on my car haha
Ended up completing on a private sale of a MAX NNL plate last month, got it for about 1/2 to a 1/3 of the price other similar MAX NNL plates were going for on plate sites so was pretty chuffed,
Ended up completing on a private sale of a MAX NNL plate last month, got it for about 1/2 to a 1/3 of the price other similar MAX NNL plates were going for on plate sites so was pretty chuffed,
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