Looking to buy a plate - SA51 PNK
Discussion
Yiliterate said:
Okay, I get where you're coming from to an extent; but I've bought three plates in the last few years - two privately, one from a reg dealer - and on two of those I paid less than the DVLA's lowest price inc fees (interestingly, that included the one from the reg dealer!). As such, I don't see the DVLA price as a market base, just the base at which you can buy from the DVLA...
I've seen a reg dealer be able to sell an unissued number for less than the dvla were asking for it.DVLA plates start at £250 inclusive of VAT and the DVLA £80 assignment fee (example of T19 FSF linked).
Plate companies show the same T19 FSF plate at £179, but you then need to add VAT (£35.80) and the DVLA Transfer Fee (£80) bringing it up to £294.80 - this is how they make their profit margin.
You then have additional costs on top:
- Cost of plates - £20
- Insurance fee - £20
So you're looking at a base cost ranging from circa £290 (DVLA) to £334.80 (Plate companies).
You'd expect the OP to have bid higher than that, I don't think £400-500 was an unreasonable ask from the seller, but the seller might as well of countered with what price he was looking to achieve.
Plate companies show the same T19 FSF plate at £179, but you then need to add VAT (£35.80) and the DVLA Transfer Fee (£80) bringing it up to £294.80 - this is how they make their profit margin.
You then have additional costs on top:
- Cost of plates - £20
- Insurance fee - £20
So you're looking at a base cost ranging from circa £290 (DVLA) to £334.80 (Plate companies).
You'd expect the OP to have bid higher than that, I don't think £400-500 was an unreasonable ask from the seller, but the seller might as well of countered with what price he was looking to achieve.
BigLion said:
TooMany2cvs said:
BigLion said:
Well it's now on a pink Fiat...
Back in April, the Freelander owner said...njw1066 said:
SAS is for the wife, and maybe on one of those Fiat 500s in pink would look good.
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