Looking to buy a plate - SA51 PNK
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Nope - wasn't me unfortunately although I wish it was, now I'm going to have to book a cruise or something for her birthday.
Someone else obviously wanted this plate too so that's that as far as I'm concerned.
I'd have negotiated if Nick came back with something after my initial offer but essentially I looked at this as it's a nigh on valueless plate to most people whatever he gets for it is a cash bonus he'd never otherwise realise.
I look at it as easy come easy go - not that emotionally invested in it, it was just a bit of fun. If Nick's got a better offer then fine, no harm done and no grudge held.
Someone else obviously wanted this plate too so that's that as far as I'm concerned.
I'd have negotiated if Nick came back with something after my initial offer but essentially I looked at this as it's a nigh on valueless plate to most people whatever he gets for it is a cash bonus he'd never otherwise realise.
I look at it as easy come easy go - not that emotionally invested in it, it was just a bit of fun. If Nick's got a better offer then fine, no harm done and no grudge held.
t.. njw1066 said:
One of the reasons I bought the car was for the plate. What one person likes, doesn't mean everyone will. The wife in a moment of boredom googled the plate one evening (dont know why) and came across the discussion. In short I realise everything has its price, so left a post to see if OP wanted to make an offer, which he did. I wont mention the sums but they were not tempting for me. I have been surprised at the level of interest this has all created. I am not the number plate fairy godmother and I am not going to gift this plate to someone, as we like the plate in the first place.
I am not running an auction but I am considering some offers at the moment. If I do sell I will let the forum know. Cheers
looks like I might have been wrong sorry, money grabbing arse seems somehow more appropriate with hindsightI am not running an auction but I am considering some offers at the moment. If I do sell I will let the forum know. Cheers
njw1066 said:
The Moose said:
njw1066 said:
briang9 said:
sjc said:
So one isn't bothered whether he sells it or not,and the other really want's to buy it, but not pay stupid money ( but wants it enough to ask about in on the interent.....
So it needs to be over the odds to make the seller think,not break the bank of the buyer,and to be a bit more than any market value.
A grand is a decent compromise then surely?
In the interests of a happy ending I would have been happy to let the OP have it, as long as he covered any additional expense as a result. Freelander chap comes over as a bit of an arse IMHOSo it needs to be over the odds to make the seller think,not break the bank of the buyer,and to be a bit more than any market value.
A grand is a decent compromise then surely?
Edited by briang9 on Thursday 16th April 00:15
I am not running an auction but I am considering some offers at the moment. If I do sell I will let the forum know. Cheers
Are you going to pay the transfer fees when you get rid of the freelander to transfer it on to your next motor.
If so then the plate means something to you and I can see why you won't sell. If not then you're a Billy, who just wants to get as much out of the OP as you can
ArmaghMan said:
Dead simple question for you njw.
Are you going to pay the transfer fees when you get rid of the freelander to transfer it on to your next motor.
If so then the plate means something to you and I can see why you won't sell. If not then you're a Billy, who just wants to get as much out of the OP as you can
My plan was to keep the plate, but now I've agreed to sell it to someone else...I have some other plates which i retain/transfer each time I change the vehicle. Plenty of other owners do this I don't see why people think this to be so unusual..Are you going to pay the transfer fees when you get rid of the freelander to transfer it on to your next motor.
If so then the plate means something to you and I can see why you won't sell. If not then you're a Billy, who just wants to get as much out of the OP as you can
briang9 said:
njw1066 said:
One of the reasons I bought the car was for the plate. What one person likes, doesn't mean everyone will. The wife in a moment of boredom googled the plate one evening (dont know why) and came across the discussion. In short I realise everything has its price, so left a post to see if OP wanted to make an offer, which he did. I wont mention the sums but they were not tempting for me. I have been surprised at the level of interest this has all created. I am not the number plate fairy godmother and I am not going to gift this plate to someone, as we like the plate in the first place.
I am not running an auction but I am considering some offers at the moment. If I do sell I will let the forum know. Cheers
looks like I might have been wrong sorry, money grabbing arse seems somehow more appropriate with hindsightI am not running an auction but I am considering some offers at the moment. If I do sell I will let the forum know. Cheers
njw1066 said:
My plan was to keep the plate, but now I've agreed to sell it to someone else...I have some other plates which i retain/transfer each time I change the vehicle. Plenty of other owners do this I don't see why people think this to be so unusual..
I don't see anything unusual. 
To be fair it's a decent enough plate.
I don't know nor care what OP offered, but if he wanted, he'd already stirred up interest in the plate by posting this thread. So he must have known it would mean he'd have to pay a bit more. If you get the world looking for something. Rare you want, there's a chance someone else notices once it's found and says I fancy that!
If I'd been the OP, I'd have offered about 800 to a grand for this plate. People say it's easy to do the transfers etc, well it is, but it's a ball ache too, and not as easy as it used to be where you could go to local dvla office for an hour and have it all done ready to go.
That's why I have 4 plates on retention still, I can't be arsed putting them on cars yet!
As for Freelande fella, well I see he's done nowt wrong at all. Stop giving him a hard time, his plate wasn't for sale and OP solicited a potential sale.
I bought a brand new brake caliper from a chap as I needed one desperately to race one weekend. He didn't want to sell it, they were tricky to source and one refurb place was fresh out of core to do one and had had no stock for a month and none due for two. He told me he wanted 150 quid for it. I said that the refurb place did them for 130! He said, 'well so do I when I haven't got one! ' couldn't argue with that!
I don't know nor care what OP offered, but if he wanted, he'd already stirred up interest in the plate by posting this thread. So he must have known it would mean he'd have to pay a bit more. If you get the world looking for something. Rare you want, there's a chance someone else notices once it's found and says I fancy that!
If I'd been the OP, I'd have offered about 800 to a grand for this plate. People say it's easy to do the transfers etc, well it is, but it's a ball ache too, and not as easy as it used to be where you could go to local dvla office for an hour and have it all done ready to go.
That's why I have 4 plates on retention still, I can't be arsed putting them on cars yet!
As for Freelande fella, well I see he's done nowt wrong at all. Stop giving him a hard time, his plate wasn't for sale and OP solicited a potential sale.
I bought a brand new brake caliper from a chap as I needed one desperately to race one weekend. He didn't want to sell it, they were tricky to source and one refurb place was fresh out of core to do one and had had no stock for a month and none due for two. He told me he wanted 150 quid for it. I said that the refurb place did them for 130! He said, 'well so do I when I haven't got one! ' couldn't argue with that!
Edited by poo at Paul's on Saturday 18th April 09:22
DSLiverpool said:
The owner is being fine, he has a product that's wanted and wants a price he doesn't deserve any flack for that at all.
I would expect minimum £1k value to the buyer - I wouldng be bothered for less.
Right now I am haggling over selling one of my plates to a guy who knows what I paid for it and can't understand why £250 more wont buy it - I've told him to go away but he keeps trying to reason with me.
^^^This.I would expect minimum £1k value to the buyer - I wouldng be bothered for less.
Right now I am haggling over selling one of my plates to a guy who knows what I paid for it and can't understand why £250 more wont buy it - I've told him to go away but he keeps trying to reason with me.
Min £1K for me also
Fox- said:
Sir Bagalot said:
^^^This.
Min £1K for me also
It's a couple of forms, a new set of plates and 30 minutes of time, lets not kid ourselves that a load of effort is involved.Min £1K for me also
And £125 tops to get the transfer docs done. I'd be very interested to see what the guy selling it actually got for it!AyBee said:
Fox- said:
Sir Bagalot said:
^^^This.
Min £1K for me also
It's a couple of forms, a new set of plates and 30 minutes of time, lets not kid ourselves that a load of effort is involved.Min £1K for me also
And £125 tops to get the transfer docs done. I'd be very interested to see what the guy selling it actually got for it!njw1066 said:
And we're all to believe if you had this plate you would just gift to someone you've never met?
As I said in my previous post I would have been happy to let the OP have it as long as he covered my out of pocket expenses, would have made a nice gift for his wife. Maybe I have a different outlook to life than you, would have been nice if you could have done the same, anyhow hope you have fun spending the money.cheers
poo at Paul's said:
To be fair it's a decent enough plate.
To be fair it's a crap plate. That's the crux of the matter. Even with the most creative fonts, spacing and number plate screws to the vast majority of majority of people it is meaningless, it doesn't even spell 'sassy pink' out particularly well.Then the seller's attitude of coming on here, ignoring the OP offer ignoring after his initial legwork to get any attention to the plate whatsoever, biging up the plate and talking about 'various offers' as if its desirable/vauleable just rubs people up the wrong way because it isn't. I'm happy for people to enjoy rubbish number plates if they have some sort of meaning, but don't try and dress it up as anything other than a 51 plate that sort of says 'pink' at the endend. Various of these are available for a few hundred quid.
I'm surprised he has had "offers" because the plate really is crap. But being the internet I would like to remind the seller than nothing is certain until money is in the bank. I wouldn't be surprised if the offers suddenly dry up when it comes to getting the wallet out.
Also seller, will you be sending the OP some sort of drink as a finders fee? Hes the only reason the plate has any value IMO.
Can't see why people are not seeing that there is some value in the plate:
- An "owner" who liked the plate, but it wasn't crucial to him/her so open to offers (attaching some value to it as they were happy to pay a transfer fee to move it to a future car)
- The OP who clearly saw some value in it for personal reasons
- Another person who apparently has made an accepted offer.
All that then takes is a common agreement on value - the OP and the seller seemingly had different views on the value to them and didn't agree a price - that's life, but doesn't mean either were wrong.
Whilst I personally would not see a value in this plate, I can see why it may have some value to others. The personal plate I have has a value to me (that is why I bought it), but wouldn't have value to many as it is my initials. I also have a car which doen not have a personal plate but if someone has the initial LBF it may have a value to them, were they to want it I would expect some compensation, although not much as it is a very standard prefix and 3 digit plate.
What is remarkable here is that the OP found the owner of a plate he was interested in via a web posting.
- An "owner" who liked the plate, but it wasn't crucial to him/her so open to offers (attaching some value to it as they were happy to pay a transfer fee to move it to a future car)
- The OP who clearly saw some value in it for personal reasons
- Another person who apparently has made an accepted offer.
All that then takes is a common agreement on value - the OP and the seller seemingly had different views on the value to them and didn't agree a price - that's life, but doesn't mean either were wrong.
Whilst I personally would not see a value in this plate, I can see why it may have some value to others. The personal plate I have has a value to me (that is why I bought it), but wouldn't have value to many as it is my initials. I also have a car which doen not have a personal plate but if someone has the initial LBF it may have a value to them, were they to want it I would expect some compensation, although not much as it is a very standard prefix and 3 digit plate.
What is remarkable here is that the OP found the owner of a plate he was interested in via a web posting.
No one is denying that the plate doesn't have 'value'. Due to the way private plates are issued in this country every transferable plate has some sort of 'value'.
What is up for debate (and has been from the start) is the particular value of this plate, because safe for perhaps maybe 5 people in the entire country this particular plate is meaningless and therefore worthless.
Again, I'll say the 'attitude' of the seller hasn't really reflected this, in fact on the contray he has been trying to build up the plate as much as possible - Buying the car for the plate (yeah, right), that he was going to move the plate onto another car (yeah, right), that it would look good on a pink car, keeping us updated with the 'numerous' offers, etc. Seemingly forgetting that we are fundamentally talking about a crap plate (regardless of its 'value' to a handful of nutters.)
To me personally I find it a bit insulting to the OP who is the only reason the vendor is going to receive a penny.
What is up for debate (and has been from the start) is the particular value of this plate, because safe for perhaps maybe 5 people in the entire country this particular plate is meaningless and therefore worthless.
Again, I'll say the 'attitude' of the seller hasn't really reflected this, in fact on the contray he has been trying to build up the plate as much as possible - Buying the car for the plate (yeah, right), that he was going to move the plate onto another car (yeah, right), that it would look good on a pink car, keeping us updated with the 'numerous' offers, etc. Seemingly forgetting that we are fundamentally talking about a crap plate (regardless of its 'value' to a handful of nutters.)
To me personally I find it a bit insulting to the OP who is the only reason the vendor is going to receive a penny.
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