Looking to buy a plate - SA51 PNK

[AyBee]

The Moose said:

What about S451 PNK?

Or SA57 PNK
Or S457 PNK

[Dog Star]

Got to agree - getting the plate off the car is a faff. I couldn't be bothered.

However - am I missing something? I cannot see what is so special about this plate. It doesn't look like anything at all. Nobody would "get it".

[MysteryLemon]

hornetrider said:

sjc said:

Simond S said:

Is the plate meat to ready Sassy Pink?

Well I like my plate meat that colour, so probably.

There's a joke there about putting pork in Sazzy's pink but I won't go there... Far to grown up.

Edited by MysteryLemon on Thursday 16th April 11:25

[anonymous-user]

samvia said:

It really isn't much aggro at all these days, I've just done mine:

- Put plate on retention online, new/original plate for car generated instantly & V5/retention cert. arrive in post within 2-3 days - £80
- New plates made up for car - Barely 5 minutes of work and around £10-20 for plates
- Call insurance company - changed within 2 minutes, zero admin fee
- No need to reprint MOT cert or obtain new tax disc any more

Say £100 total, less than 15 minutes of hassle - easy profit.

15 minutes? I believe you!
2/3 days for the paperwork to arrive? Right.
Car insurance , in reality an annoying call plus a fee to change.
Get new plates 5 mins work ?. That doesn't include getting to Halfords etc & queing up. Then fix to the car.
Realistically the 15 minutes will turn into half a day of annoyance.
Why bother, unless getting a very decent reward.

[R11ysf]

GoneAnon said:

RobinBanks said:

Jimboka said:

It's good for a car to retain the original dealer plates from when the car was new. Come resale time it's a good indicator that it's not had a serious front or back shunt... Top tip from Wheeler Dealers!

That's true, which is annoying because I replaced the front one on my car because it separated and went mouldy
I went back to the same dealer, but they have changed their plate design so it looks different.

Anyway, if you can show in the history that you changed the plate to a personal plate, that doesn't imply damage at all.

I'll pass this to our used sales guys in the morning - we must have lost many thousands over the years simply by fitting our own dealer-branded plates to EVERY used vehicle we sell and binning the originals.

Really? You don't see how my car which has it's original Jack Barclay number plates from 32 years ago could be worth any more than one that has Jimmy and Jock's Motors, Glasgow on it?

Just because you do it on day to day econo box shopping trolleys doesn't mean it is so in every case.

[Some Gump]

If someone still has the original plate on a 31 year old car, it would smack of ste maintainance to me.

Most plates delaminate and look cack within 8 years or so..

[MysteryLemon]

Some Gump said:

If someone still has the original plate on a 31 year old car, it would smack of ste maintainance to me.

Most plates delaminate and look cack within 8 years or so..

Really? You would walk away from a good car because the number plate was original?

It's a stupid argument from both sides. I really don't think the majority of buyers will give a st what number plate is on the car as long as it's not falling off or in need of replacing.

I could understand the point of it adding value if we were talking about a classic or rare car from a defunct manufacturer but the vast majority would not care and apart from the die hard enthusiasts, I doubt anyone would be willing to pay more for a car because the number plate is original.

Do you really think a car would be worth less because it has a new plate? Really? Would you lose sleep over having to replace the plate if it got damaged?

[djdest]

I've seen posts over the years from people who are mortified that they've lost their original dealer tax disc when the screen was replaced

[Some Gump]

@mysterylemon,

No of course not. I was pointing out that having a manky old plate on a car does NOT make it more valuable, no matter what Mike Brewer says.

[samvia]

Jimboka said:

samvia said:

It really isn't much aggro at all these days, I've just done mine:

- Put plate on retention online, new/original plate for car generated instantly & V5/retention cert. arrive in post within 2-3 days - £80
- New plates made up for car - Barely 5 minutes of work and around £10-20 for plates
- Call insurance company - changed within 2 minutes, zero admin fee
- No need to reprint MOT cert or obtain new tax disc any more

Say £100 total, less than 15 minutes of hassle - easy profit.

15 minutes? I believe you!
2/3 days for the paperwork to arrive? Right.
Car insurance , in reality an annoying call plus a fee to change.
Get new plates 5 mins work ?. That doesn't include getting to Halfords etc & queing up. Then fix to the car.
Realistically the 15 minutes will turn into half a day of annoyance.
Why bother, unless getting a very decent reward.

I'm not sure why I would be making any of that up It used to be a bit of a pain in the arse with the DVLA, but it is much simpler now.

I did all of this a fortnight ago via the new online service - it takes seconds online, and the V5 arrived within 2 days, the retention cert. came within 3.

As I said, insurance was a very simple short call to sort out and with zero fee to make the change through Adrian Flux. The plates take a few minutes to make up and about 5 minutes to drill and fit, I avoided a queue at Halfords by not going to Halfords for them.

Call it an hour of effort if you must, but a few hundred quid profit for an hour's work seems like a decent deal to me.

[AyBee]

Currently going through the transfer process for my car right now.

Fill in form and send off V5s for both vehicles - 15 minutes and £80
Order new plates - 5 minutes online and £25
Wait for registration to change - 2 weeks
Insurance - not done yet because mine hasn't changed, but a 2 minute phone call and £20 tops I'd imagine

So 20 minutes work, 2 weeks of waiting and £125, I'd be accepting any bid over £250 which looked to be what the OP was going to offer from his original post...

[AyBee]

Dog Star said:

Got to agree - getting the plate off the car is a faff. I couldn't be bothered.

However - am I missing something? I cannot see what is so special about this plate. It doesn't look like anything at all. Nobody would "get it".

It really isn't a faff and I'd certainly change mine if I was offered £100 more than the costs to change and it meant nothing to me. Why does anybody other than the OP and his wife have to "get it"? If the OP's wife likes it because it means something, job done IMO.

[samvia]

AyBee said:

Currently going through the transfer process for my car right now.

Fill in form and send off V5s for both vehicles - 15 minutes and £80
Order new plates - 5 minutes online and £25
Wait for registration to change - 2 weeks
Insurance - not done yet because mine hasn't changed, but a 2 minute phone call and £20 tops I'd imagine

So 20 minutes work, 2 weeks of waiting and £125, I'd be accepting any bid over £250 which looked to be what the OP was going to offer from his original post...

If you haven't already sent the forms away, try this instead:

https://www.personalisedvehicleregistration.servic...

[AyBee]

samvia said:

If you haven't already sent the forms away, try this instead:

https://www.personalisedvehicleregistration.servic...

I had seen that but assumed it was just taking off onto certificate - I wanted to transfer to another car which didn't seem to be an option. Gone now anyway, but thanks.

ETA: Also only seems to work for 'R' onwards and I have no idea whether that means the plate itself, the car it's coming off or the car it's going to....either way 2/3 of those don't work for me so best to leave it as a form I think

Edited by AyBee on Thursday 16th April 13:31

[samvia]

AyBee said:

I had seen that but assumed it was just taking off onto certificate - I wanted to transfer to another car which didn't seem to be an option. Gone now anyway, but thanks.

ETA: Also only seems to work for 'R' onwards and I have no idea whether that means the plate itself, the car it's coming off or the car it's going to....either way 2/3 of those don't work for me so best to leave it as a form I think

Edited by AyBee on Thursday 16th April 13:31

I see

Mine was an "M" prefix plate coming off a 2002 car, worked really well.

[Foster85]

It seems a lot of these comments aren't taking into account that fact the reg owners wife quite likes the plate. Also I value my time and the hassle at more than £100 more than a similar plate, it seems the owner does too, think it's a little unfair of people to be having a dig for that tbh.

And in any event, the OP doesn't seem to be half as bothered as a few posters about the situation!

[new666uk]

Foster85 said:

And in any event, the OP doesn't seem to be half as bothered as a few posters about the situation!

Amazed this is still rumbling on. Plenty of folks are very good at spending other people money - £1000 being the highest 'estimate' I've seen for this so far.

Quick summary of the facts:

1 Cosmic forces aligned to enable a prospective buyer and seller to contact each other.
2 Offer made by buyer and rejected.
3 No counter offer from seller (which I was surprised at but respect Nicks choice).
4 World + dog gets involved. Kim Kardashian apparently curious to know why the internet is now not watching her and all on here instead.
5 Another offer has been made on here (£500 iirc).
6 Ball in sellers court whether to keep or sell.

If we're all honest I reckon most people would recognise it's got no real value to anyone other than me and Nick. My missus has the original '08 factory plates on her car, this was just a bit of fun for her birthday that I'd punt a bit of cash on, not an attempt to 'rejuvenate' an older car.

If anyone thinks the plate is going for a grand they need to take a train to Reality Square - I could buy the 'Landie for that too.

[thelawnet]

new666uk said:

Amazed this is still rumbling on. Plenty of folks are very good at spending other people money - £1000 being the highest 'estimate' I've seen for this so far.

If we're all honest I reckon most people would recognise it's got no real value to anyone other than me and Nick. My missus has the original '08 factory plates on her car, this was just a bit of fun for her birthday that I'd punt a bit of cash on, not an attempt to 'rejuvenate' an older car.

If anyone thinks the plate is going for a grand they need to take a train to Reality Square - I could buy the 'Landie for that too.

new666uk said:

If we're all honest I reckon most people would recognise it's got no real value to anyone other than me and Nick. My missus has the original '08 factory plates on her car, this was just a bit of fun for her birthday that I'd punt a bit of cash on, not an attempt to 'rejuvenate' an older car.

It has a real value, DVLA have many 51 PNK plates to choose from

CY51 PNK £499
TO51 PNK £499
MY51 PNK £499

It's as good as one of those, maybe better (SU55 PNK is £999) but instead of buying from the DVLA who can knock it out with little marginal cost, you are buying it from an individual who has to faff around to sell it. Now there is the point that if the individual doesn't sell it he doesn't get a penny, but OTOH he likes the plate too, so arguably it's worth £500 to him also.

Whatever way you look at it, then, £1000 is far from outlandish.

[AyBee]

thelawnet said:

It has a real value, DVLA have many 51 PNK plates to choose from

CY51 PNK £499
TO51 PNK £499
MY51 PNK £499

It's as good as one of those, maybe better (SU55 PNK is £999) but instead of buying from the DVLA who can knock it out with little marginal cost, you are buying it from an individual who has to faff around to sell it. Now there is the point that if the individual doesn't sell it he doesn't get a penny, but OTOH he likes the plate too, so arguably it's worth £500 to him also.

Whatever way you look at it, then, £1000 is far from outlandish.

Although quite why the fk you'd pay £500 for those is beyond my imagination...

[sjc]

new666uk said:

Amazed this is still rumbling on. Plenty of folks are very good at spending other people money - £1000 being the highest 'estimate' I've seen for this so far.

Quick summary of the facts:

1 Cosmic forces aligned to enable a prospective buyer and seller to contact each other.
2 Offer made by buyer and rejected.
3 No counter offer from seller (which I was surprised at but respect Nicks choice).
4 World + dog gets involved. Kim Kardashian apparently curious to know why the internet is now not watching her and all on here instead.
5 Another offer has been made on here (£500 iirc).
6 Ball in sellers court whether to keep or sell.

If we're all honest I reckon most people would recognise it's got no real value to anyone other than me and Nick. My missus has the original '08 factory plates on her car, this was just a bit of fun for her birthday that I'd punt a bit of cash on, not an attempt to 'rejuvenate' an older car.

If anyone thinks the plate is going for a grand they need to take a train to Reality Square - I could buy the 'Landie for that too.

So are you saying that it's available for less than the highest "estimate" of a grand (mine as I thought that was a reasonable compromise between the two of you,NOT what the plate is worth,).Because if so, it's you who needs Reality Square, because it's not you who holds any aces.
Do you honestly think someone who isn't particularly fussed about selling the thing, is gonna just give it away for jack all because someone wants it?