Surely a mistake?

[al1991]

Reg no. US 1 up on Newreg.co.uk for £2,445 + VAT.

Am I missing something?

[LotusOmega375D]

Buy it and see.

[larrylamb11]

We'll find out soon enough, I just bought it

[larrylamb11]

Looks good so far. Here is the confirmation email:-

• ****, thank you for buying US 1 from New Reg.

The order of events is as follows:

1.We will confirm the price (including the VAT status) and availability.
2.We will debit your payment card for the part payment. The remaining balance shall be requested separately within the next 7 working days.
3.We will email confirmation that your order has been processed and record US 1 as sold.
4.We will issue correspondence within the next 7 working days using first class post.


You may wish to visit our 'Frequently Asked Questions' section at:
www.newreg.co.uk/services/frequently_asked_questio...


For your convenience, a copy of our Terms and Conditions can be found at:
www.newreg.co.uk/services/terms_and_conditions


Regards,
New Reg Limited

N.B. In the event that US 1 is no longer available, we will contact you.

[al1991]

Well done, keep us posted.

[Decky_Q]

My friend has the reg 'xxx 996' and got a quote from these guys when he was selling the car to sell the plate seperately. Anyhow, they didnt buy the plate but they did post it up as for sale on their site and then called him a few times when people had 'bought' the registration to see if he would sell it, he still didnt sell it as they hadnt increased their offer, but we wondered how many of the registrations they were selling did they actually own!

996 plate is still available for offers if anyone interested

[Garlick]

larrylamb11 said:

N.B. In the event that US 1 is no longer available, we will contact you.

[bicycleshorts]

Garlick said:

larrylamb11 said:

N.B. In the event that US 1 is no longer available, we will contact you.

Yep, someone probably cocked up when adding it to the database.

Hope not though, that'll be a money maker!

[LukeBird]

Garlick said:

larrylamb11 said:

N.B. In the event that US 1 is no longer available, we will contact you.

Bit of a cheek IMO!
"In the event we are selling something we shouldn't be, we'll contact you to sell you other st."

[jas xjr]

that has to be worth a few hundred k to the right madman surely ?

[Garlick]

larrylamb11 said:

1.We will confirm the price (including the VAT status) and availability.

This doesn't inspire confidence either.

P.S. I have a 288 GTO for sale. Wire me £300,000 and I'll see if I can find one to sell you.

[tbc]

can't see US 1 being any less than £50,000

[hairykrishna]

Decky_Q said:

My friend has the reg 'xxx 996' and got a quote from these guys when he was selling the car to sell the plate seperately. Anyhow, they didnt buy the plate but they did post it up as for sale on their site and then called him a few times when people had 'bought' the registration to see if he would sell it, he still didnt sell it as they hadnt increased their offer, but we wondered how many of the registrations they were selling did they actually own!

996 plate is still available for offers if anyone interested

This is want happened surely? They just chuck some massive database of plates up speculatively. There's probably some monkey on the phone right now telling the rightful owner of 'US 1' that they've had an offer of £2500 for it. He's probably laughing at them.

[LotusOmega375D]

In that case I wonder how long it will take the buyer to get their deposit back? What a sh!tty way to run a business.

[jas xjr]

tbc said:

can't see US 1 being any less than £50,000

i can see somebody adding an extra zero to that there must be an online valuation site surely

[al1991]

It's currently on a Smart car.

[Shaw Tarse]

hairykrishna said:

This is want happened surely? They just chuck some massive database of plates up speculatively. There's probably some monkey on the phone right now telling the rightful owner of 'US 1' that they've had an offer of £2500 for it. He's probably laughing at them.

It would seem that he is a Smart owner!

[larrylamb11]

Ha! Not surprisingly it turns out I haven't bought US1 after all.....
Didn't realy expect to have been able to buy as valuable a plate as US1 for £2500 but it was worth a punt! Gotta speculate to accumulate and all that I reckoned someone had fat-fingered the asking price by two decimals.....
Better luck next time? Unlikely, their T&Cs are pretty watertight. Bit of fun for a friday afternoon though

02 March 2012
Dear Sir / Madam,
RE: Registration Mark US 1
Thank you for your recent offer to purchase the aforementioned registration mark. Unfortunately, the registration mark is no longer available for purchase and New Reg have subsequently amended the information on our database. Please accept our apologies, you may re-visit http://www.newreg.com to select another mark from the listings. Please be rest assured that NO funds have been debited from your account.
Regards,New Reg Limited

[hairykrishna]

Yes, was never going to happen but definitely worth a punt like you say. Might have done it myself if I'd seen it first! Would have been a nice earner if they'd actually owned it and the whole system was automated

[Toaster Pilot]

Newreg is a strange operation, they were still advertising a plate I paid £150 for at £600 a year later...