Number Plate as an investment?
Discussion
Capt Bravz said:
I bought a car for the plate that was on it once.
Saw a battered looking Peugeot 205 CTi on ebay that sported the mark E205 PUG.
Figured I'd bid on the car and see what happened. Ended up winning it, taking the plate off, selling it for more than I won the car for then selling the car too.
Pure fluke but a nice little profit out of it.
that's about the only way to make money from platesSaw a battered looking Peugeot 205 CTi on ebay that sported the mark E205 PUG.
Figured I'd bid on the car and see what happened. Ended up winning it, taking the plate off, selling it for more than I won the car for then selling the car too.
Pure fluke but a nice little profit out of it.
Blown2CV said:
Capt Bravz said:
I bought a car for the plate that was on it once.
Saw a battered looking Peugeot 205 CTi on ebay that sported the mark E205 PUG.
Figured I'd bid on the car and see what happened. Ended up winning it, taking the plate off, selling it for more than I won the car for then selling the car too.
Pure fluke but a nice little profit out of it.
that's about the only way to make money from platesSaw a battered looking Peugeot 205 CTi on ebay that sported the mark E205 PUG.
Figured I'd bid on the car and see what happened. Ended up winning it, taking the plate off, selling it for more than I won the car for then selling the car too.
Pure fluke but a nice little profit out of it.
jdw1234 said:
I like your style!!
From memory, my underbid was £1300 and they paid 1400. They are asking £9k for it.
It just isn't worth that to me. I have since bought 5 other plates (3 on cars, 2 on retention for my kids) so I wouldn't want it unless it was at the price I bid.
Actually, I just extended the retention in those 2. It is now free for 10 years!
As far as investment goes, I once bought a moped off a student with C3 LEB (he bought it from DVLA for a few hundred) and flogged the plate to some agent in London who put it on a Bentley.
Offer them £1,300 for it. What have you got to lose? You'll either get it for that or piss them off because they've had a bid at slightly less than they paid. From memory, my underbid was £1300 and they paid 1400. They are asking £9k for it.
It just isn't worth that to me. I have since bought 5 other plates (3 on cars, 2 on retention for my kids) so I wouldn't want it unless it was at the price I bid.
Actually, I just extended the retention in those 2. It is now free for 10 years!
As far as investment goes, I once bought a moped off a student with C3 LEB (he bought it from DVLA for a few hundred) and flogged the plate to some agent in London who put it on a Bentley.
Win/win I'd say.
Monty Python said:
Flicking through a copy of Autocar today, and in the back were adverts for registration plates, and in some cases they had written underneath what they were mean to be - some of them I'd never have guessed.
It got me thinking about the 25 O plate that someone paid half a million for to put on a Ferrari GTO, and it got me wondering. I know it's a 250GTO - there's probably a badge somewhere that say so, so why do I need a number plate to tell me as well? I'd prefer to have the original plate that the car was built with - that means more to me than one of these "personalised" plates. Waste of money if you ask me.
You don't need a number plate to tell you what model the car is, and it would not have been bought for that reason. It got me thinking about the 25 O plate that someone paid half a million for to put on a Ferrari GTO, and it got me wondering. I know it's a 250GTO - there's probably a badge somewhere that say so, so why do I need a number plate to tell me as well? I'd prefer to have the original plate that the car was built with - that means more to me than one of these "personalised" plates. Waste of money if you ask me.
Monty Python said:
So why else would you buy 25 O for a Ferrari 250 GTO?
Because Nick Mason's already got 250GTO on a 250 GTO.
Anyway, the Talacrest guy hasn't put it on a GTO, he's put it on a SWB. FAR less gauche.
Oh, and, yes - 250SWB is already on a 1962 Ferrari...
250TDF isn't, though. I'd be quite happy with that matching pair, if anybody felt generous?
rejn said:
V8forweekends said:
I just went to http://www.regtransfers.co.uk/
I searched for 73 DN and it says it's not available. 48 DN is £5195 though.
ok - thanks for lettting me know - I just called them and they'd taken it off as I hadn't been in touch to renew it recently - it's back up for sale with them now.I searched for 73 DN and it says it's not available. 48 DN is £5195 though.
If you're interested, feel free to pm me directly. I'll stick it up for sale on PH classifieds too.
Following the posts above, I put 73DN for sale on PH . Some nice chap got in touch, and he's bought it (along with two other plates I had) - all at a small profit.
I still wouldn't recommend investing in number plates, but happy to report it is possible to make a small profit with a bit of luck!!!
rejn said:
rejn said:
V8forweekends said:
I just went to http://www.regtransfers.co.uk/
I searched for 73 DN and it says it's not available. 48 DN is £5195 though.
ok - thanks for lettting me know - I just called them and they'd taken it off as I hadn't been in touch to renew it recently - it's back up for sale with them now.I searched for 73 DN and it says it's not available. 48 DN is £5195 though.
If you're interested, feel free to pm me directly. I'll stick it up for sale on PH classifieds too.
Following the posts above, I put 73DN for sale on PH . Some nice chap got in touch, and he's bought it (along with two other plates I had) - all at a small profit.
I still wouldn't recommend investing in number plates, but happy to report it is possible to make a small profit with a bit of luck!!!
This thread reminded me of my sisters boyfriend who has a personalised plate on his car and he was offered 3/4 grand one day, he rejected the offer as it was given to him by his mum and dad
couple of weeks ago my sister was driving his car and she got home and was asked by a young man(who had followed her all the way home!) if she would consider selling the plate, she quickly said no and ran in the house
wouldn't personally pay that much for a plate but each to their own
couple of weeks ago my sister was driving his car and she got home and was asked by a young man(who had followed her all the way home!) if she would consider selling the plate, she quickly said no and ran in the house
wouldn't personally pay that much for a plate but each to their own
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