how to sell a private plate

[cragswinter]

going to put a private plate on the 'bay. it's on retention but what do i do? just sell it & send the buyer the retention document that's in my name?

do i need to pay the £25 nominee fee then send it off or just leave that up to them?

just a bit concerned about selling something that is in my name i guess....

[cragswinter]

anybody??

[nw28840]

Craig - PM me the plate. I gave the Sam surname as you so it may be of interest.

[Ozzie Osmond]

cragswinter said:

do i need to pay the £25 nominee fee then send it off or just leave that up to them?

Yes, in due course your "buyer" has to be put on the certificate as your Nominee.

[cragswinter]

Ozzie Osmond said:

cragswinter said:

do i need to pay the £25 nominee fee then send it off or just leave that up to them?

Yes, in due course your "buyer" has to be put on the certificate as your Nominee.

cheers ozzie, do i need to do that or do they?

[Ozzie Osmond]

You.

[cragswinter]

what would happen if you didn't nominate someone on it? ie you just sold the retention document & gave them that?

[CRA1G]

cragswinter said:

what would happen if you didn't nominate someone on it? ie you just sold the retention document & gave them that?

You have to have a nominee name so that person can then assign it to the vehicle which will then match the registration document.

[Sir Bagalot]

When I have listed plates on ebay I have always added within the listing that to the final price I will add £80 to refund me the assignment fee that I have already paid, and that they will need to also pay DVLA £25 to add themselves as a Nominee.

When sold I simply sign the certificate in all the required places and post it off to them.

[cragswinter]

Sir Bagalot said:

When I have listed plates on ebay I have always added within the listing that to the final price I will add £80 to refund me the assignment fee that I have already paid, and that they will need to also pay DVLA £25 to add themselves as a Nominee.

When sold I simply sign the certificate in all the required places and post it off to them.

So I should add £80 on to the final price? How complicated can this be?

I've advertised the plate stating that they will need to pay the £25 nominee fee.

I was planning on just pocketing the cash & sending them the form with my signature in the box so they could fill it in themselves?

[CRA1G]

cragswinter said:

So I should add £80 on to the final price? How complicated can this be?

I've advertised the plate stating that they will need to pay the £25 nominee fee.

I was planning on just pocketing the cash & sending them the form with my signature in the box so they could fill it in themselves?

If you do that they will have to send it to DVLA to add/change the nominee but it will then come back to you because you can not change the address.

[Ozzie Osmond]

^^^^^^^^ This

Remember, you're just changing the Nominee name for £25.

I think the £80 is already paid if the number's already on retention

[Sir Bagalot]

CRA1G said:

cragswinter said:

So I should add £80 on to the final price? How complicated can this be?

I've advertised the plate stating that they will need to pay the £25 nominee fee.

I was planning on just pocketing the cash & sending them the form with my signature in the box so they could fill it in themselves?

If you do that they will have to send it to DVLA to add/change the nominee but it will then come back to you because you can not change the address.

You sure? You can add a Nominee and change the address at the same time.

[CRA1G]

Sir Bagalot said:

You sure? You can add a Nominee and change the address at the same time.

Yes' the nominee is name only with no address details.

[Yiliterate]

Has anyone bid yet? If not, amend your advert to make it crystal clear who is paying for what. I bought a plate off eBay last year, and the seller was very specific that the purchaser was to pick up the fees, so I could bid accordingly and didn't get any nasty surprises...

[cragswinter]

I just put in the advert that the buyer would need to pay the dvla nominee fee.

Only problem is the retention runs out next month leaving not much time to do the nominee & get the plate back to them....

[cragswinter]

I just put in the advert that the buyer would need to pay the dvla nominee fee.

Only problem is the retention runs out next month leaving not much time to do the nominee & get the plate back to them....

[JAM35F]

I'm selling a plate on ebay exactly as you describe. My blurb says that on payment I'll send off the form to the DVLA and change the nominee details to their name, then when it is returned to me I will post it off to them. Easy.

Also I gave an all in price, adding 80 here and 25 there will just confuse someone, just state an all in price allowing for the £25 name change. Easy too!

I also state that they then have until the certificate expires to put it on a car, any reminders will come to me but I will not be responsible for renewing or reminding them to renew in a year or so.

Personally I think you'll end up paying another 25 to renew the certificate before selling, a month is not enough. Send it off now and you'll get a 13 month certificate back.

[Legacywr]

Yes you can change the nominee and address at the same time. Until the registration is transferred to a vehicle the certificate will always be in your name, with the buyer showing as the nominee only! So, if you skip bale the police will go to the nominee's house looking for you!

[Gazcamaro]

Hi

Im in the same position here I have just sold my plate on ebay i was wondering what section i fill in on the retention doc and how much the fee is to pass on to the guy who has bought it?

cheers