Guess a number plate price from authorised stealer

[rjn21]

In warranty, number plate delaminated. Price of 1 number plate from dealer? £55.

Halfords? £3.

I also needed a key coding to the car as the crap Volvo unit failed around the rubber buttons as usual.
£85+VAT for key programming which took 2 minutes. A rate, of £2,550 per hour + VAT.

Ridiculous. Reinforces why I refuse to use them for service work.

[snuffy]

I've never tried it, but I looked it up when I changed the battery in my spare fob as the manual says you may have to take it to a dealer:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/Volvo-Keyfob-Programming...

It's very plausible because it's pretty much the same set of instructions I followed when I bought a new Cobra fob for a previous car and it worked.

[snuffy]

rjn21 said:

In warranty, number plate delaminated. Price of 1 number plate from dealer? £55.

Halfords? £3.

Halfords charge £3 to fit a number plate. That does not include the price of plate !! (oddly enough). So not £3 then.

[wokkadriver]

snuffy said:

Halfords charge £3 to fit a number plate. That does not include the price of plate !! (oddly enough). So not £3 then.

Any one of a number of ebay sellers all competitively priced. Unless you specifically want to drive around advertising your dealer's contact details...

[snuffy]

wokkadriver said:

snuffy said:

Halfords charge £3 to fit a number plate. That does not include the price of plate !! (oddly enough). So not £3 then.

Any one of a number of ebay sellers all competitively priced. Unless you specifically want to drive around advertising your dealer's contact details...

I don't give a monkey's toss, all I'm saying is a Halford's number plate is not £3.

[Jon1967x]

I believe technically its a legal thing to have the plate suppliers details on the plate - I'm not sure what happens if all the rest of it (size, colour, spacing) is correct but you'll see it on all cars now. You can buy "show plates" (I think that's the term) that allow you to get around this. Its an attempt to stop people cloning cars, a reputable plate maker will ask to see the car documents etc before making a plate.

[Windymiller]

£3 for a plate? Unless you own a time-machine, I think not...

[nw28840]

I had my new plates supplied by HWM , I think they were +- £42 fitted (at the same time as i was having some warranty work done on the car).

I wanted the AM logo on the plates and not 'Halfords'

[rjn21]

Quite correct I do need Specsavers. Halfords is £8 for a plate.

[snuffy]

My plates were bought from Halfords about 18 months ago. I can't recall the exact price but they were certainly more than £8 each, more like £20-£25 each.

Their website does not say what the price is so I can't check.

[Jon39]

Jon1967x said:

I believe technically its a legal thing to have the plate suppliers details on the plate ...

Yes, I think you are correct Jon.

However if like me, you want your plates to be as plain as possible, the Halfords version is reasonably good.

Their name and (I think) postcode is shown, but the print is so feint, it can only be seen when extremely close. You can request no flags and borders.

While you are waiting at their tatty premises, there is no coffee in porcelain china, no leather chairs (in fact no chairs at all), no polished stone floor, no model-like receptionists, and no work-of-art sports cars to look at.

The number plates are quite cheap though. Funny that. ->

Edited by Jon39 on Wednesday 5th February 22:41

[slippery]

To my eye, main dealer plates finish a car off properly, especially something prestigious.

[Jon39]

slippery said:

To my eye, main dealer plates finish a car off properly, especially something prestigious.

For 'prestigious', it might depend on how few characters, your registration mark has.

[Rick101]

Halfrauds is about £35 a set. Enquired a couple of weeks ago.

[divetheworld]

http://custom-number-plates.co.uk

You get what you pay for. These guys do Aston logo.

[Dave211]

divetheworld said:

http://custom-number-plates.co.uk

You get what you pay for. These guys do Aston logo.

But technically these will still be illegal as they won't have the authorised stamp at the bottom of the plate ? Any legite supplier requires you to bring in your v5 or reg transfer docs.

[Windymiller]

divetheworld said:

http://custom-number-plates.co.uk

You get what you pay for. These guys do Aston logo.

Is it just be who thinks car-logos on plates are akin to popping a St Georges cross on there? Basically a bit nasty.

I have however just taken delivery of a very very small front plate. For show purposes of course...

[divetheworld]

Dave211 said:

But technically these will still be illegal as they won't have the authorised stamp at the bottom of the plate ? Any legite supplier requires you to bring in your v5 or reg transfer docs.

Yup, but they print the BS number on the bottom (if you select it) so plod wont care.

[michael gould]

Stratstone wanted £55+ VAT off me a few years ago.....I told them don't be daft and I will fit them myself......they still fitted them and charged me the "trade" price of £19.95 + VAT

If anybody is stupid enough to pay the OP's quoted price then either they are thick or thick