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For Sale : V80 ROB
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For Sale : V80 ROB -
04-18-2004
, 03:59 PM
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I want to sell my registration plate. I just bought a Jag XKR, and the previous owner, Rob, had a personal plate. I am getting it swapped for one more applicable to me. Where is the best place to sell the plate. Is there any way to sell plates privately? |
other such companies. The big companies all advertise on autotrader.co.uk.
See what they'll offer you, and ask a few of them, and they'll normally be
flexible with the price to an extent. Mind you, they only normally actually
buy a registration number outright if it's something particularly special,
otherwise you sign a contract giving them permission to advertise it and if
it sells you will get £xxx agreed amount.
You could of course try ebay, or maybe auction it at a more traditional reg
number auction, like at the DVLA, though I think they only auction the
registrations they own.
If I were you I'd pop along to www.autotrader.co.uk, hop along from there to
the 3 or 4 big companies, fill in online forms (or phone them up) and get a
valuation, then stick it on ebay with that as a reserve and see if it goes.
Otherwise take one of the big brokers up on the highest offer (go with the
one that advertise in the big daily papers, though more than one may do
this), and wait.
Peter
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I want to sell my registration plate. I just bought a Jag XKR, and the previous owner, Rob, had a personal plate. I am getting it swapped for one more applicable to me. Where is the best place to sell the plate. Is there any way to sell plates privately? You could sell it to a broker such as newreg.com, regstransfers.co.uk and other such companies. The big companies all advertise on autotrader.co.uk. See what they'll offer you, and ask a few of them, and they'll normally be flexible with the price to an extent. Mind you, they only normally actually buy a registration number outright if it's something particularly special, otherwise you sign a contract giving them permission to advertise it and if it sells you will get £xxx agreed amount. You could of course try ebay, or maybe auction it at a more traditional reg number auction, like at the DVLA, though I think they only auction the registrations they own. If I were you I'd pop along to www.autotrader.co.uk, hop along from there to the 3 or 4 big companies, fill in online forms (or phone them up) and get a valuation, then stick it on ebay with that as a reserve and see if it goes. Otherwise take one of the big brokers up on the highest offer (go with the one that advertise in the big daily papers, though more than one may do this), and wait. Peter Is it still the case that a plate cannot be transferred to a vehicle |
TIA
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On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 21:37:40 +0100, "AstraVanMan" FuckOff (AT) WithThanks (DOT) com> wrote: Is it still the case that a plate cannot be transferred to a vehicle that is older that the plate would indicate? |
latest plate, cheaper than changing the car and its the "apparent age" that
often is the only reason for people changing!
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Is it still the case that a plate cannot be transferred to a vehicle that is older that the plate would indicate? Cant see that ever changing, else everybody will be driving around on the latest plate, cheaper than changing the car and its the "apparent age" that often is the only reason for people changing! |
mileage. And mileage is often fiddled - so let's keep one of the two which
can't easily be.
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*Some days you're the dog, some days the hydrant.
Dave Plowman dave.sound (AT) argonet (DOT) co.uk London SW 12
RIP Acorn
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Is it still the case that a plate cannot be transferred to a vehicle that is older that the plate would indicate? |
should check the date of first registration on the log book anyway, so it's
not like you're hiding anything, unless the person you're selling the car to
is a complete numpty. And you probably wouldn't be selling it with your
private plate on it anyway.
Peter
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Is it still the case that a plate cannot be transferred to a vehicle that is older that the plate would indicate? Cant see that ever changing, else everybody will be driving around on the latest plate, cheaper than changing the car and its the "apparent age" that often is the only reason for people changing! It's more to prevent fraud, given that most people buy cars by age and mileage. And mileage is often fiddled - so let's keep one of the two which can't easily be. |
registration of the car. Anyone really stupid enough to not bother checking
basic details like this really shouldn't be buying a car.
Peter
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Is it still the case that a plate cannot be transferred to a vehicle that is older that the plate would indicate? Cant see that ever changing, else everybody will be driving around on the latest plate, cheaper than changing the car and its the "apparent age" that often is the only reason for people changing! |
plate on my 1996 Audi A6, very very few people would be fooled, just as an
example.
Even less people would be fooled if I put a private "04" reg plate on my
rusty old M reg Fiesta van :-)
Peter
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It's more to prevent fraud, given that most people buy cars by age and mileage. And mileage is often fiddled - so let's keep one of the two which can't easily be. It can't easily be fiddled anyway - the log book says the date of first registration of the car. Anyone really stupid enough to not bother checking basic details like this really shouldn't be buying a car. |
because they look 'nice' and don't bother checking on things.
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*If all is not lost, where the hell is it?
Dave Plowman dave.sound (AT) argonet (DOT) co.uk London SW 12
RIP Acorn
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