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Selling a private plate
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Hiya Ian, long time no see.
personally i can't stand the things, but a quick search shows they vary from a few hundred upwards.
Presumably you want someone with the initials BET, or someone called Betty?
Good luck.
personally i can't stand the things, but a quick search shows they vary from a few hundred upwards.
Presumably you want someone with the initials BET, or someone called Betty?
Good luck.
I'd try and find gambling casino groups on facebook for that one. Advertise as High Bet and it would probably appeal to someone there.
You will need to pay DVLA to put it on retention first. Thats gonna cost you £80. Then you'll get a retention certificate that can be used to assign the plate to another car. The buyer doesn't actually need the paper certificate, just the number from it. Ebay can be funny with siding with the buyer but if you advertise it as giving the number for the retention certificate and do as you've stated then ebay should back you if it goes wrong. In the event of a dispute, ebay will see from your messages with the buyer, that you've transferred the details of the plate to the buyer and they can assign it to their vehicle, and there shouldn't be any reason for ebay not to find you've sold it fairly.
I think the vehicle needs to still have a valid Mot to put on retention.
Personalised License plate prices/valuations seem to be a bit of a joke. Bought a cheap car a few years ago for £1.2kish and the seller banged on about the private plate on it was valued at £600, 3 years later it's not even sold when listed at £200. Luckily was a good price for the car and wasn't bothered about the plate value.
I've seen other cars for sale with sellers saying private plate valued at x amount to try and bump up their bids always laugh at it now.
Personalised License plate prices/valuations seem to be a bit of a joke. Bought a cheap car a few years ago for £1.2kish and the seller banged on about the private plate on it was valued at £600, 3 years later it's not even sold when listed at £200. Luckily was a good price for the car and wasn't bothered about the plate value.
I've seen other cars for sale with sellers saying private plate valued at x amount to try and bump up their bids always laugh at it now.
depends, letter then number, number then letter, if it says something etc. true dateless rather than ni plate.
had F16 BET. worthless in reality. you'll probably get 350 from reg transfers. My one I have had for years hovers between 6K an 13K depending who you ask and the market.
had F16 BET. worthless in reality. you'll probably get 350 from reg transfers. My one I have had for years hovers between 6K an 13K depending who you ask and the market.
Once saw a moped with H1 LUV. Could probably buy another 20 bikes with that.Local car near us about 10 years ago was “H1”…. if you’re picturing a highly successful businessman in an Aston Martin think again, it was an elderly lady in a Vauxhall Astra!
As a teenager, when we learnt what it meant, a local favourite SPL 1F. We remember seeing it on something old and then a sports car. Now it is on a Smart car from 2013.
I always wanted EEV1L (comedy voiced evil) but anything close has always been too expensive and I have grown to realise not having an 'identifiable car' is a good thing.
A mate got a private plate when he bought his first new car in the late 90's. The one benefit is that he always knows his number plate when asked.
I always wanted EEV1L (comedy voiced evil) but anything close has always been too expensive and I have grown to realise not having an 'identifiable car' is a good thing.
A mate got a private plate when he bought his first new car in the late 90's. The one benefit is that he always knows his number plate when asked.
Definitely depends on the plate, and it's subjective.
H1 BET could be for someone called betty or a gambler.
I looked at one for me, P1WWJ (£400) was significantly higher than P4WWJ (£165). Which in Pinball terms is probably more of a brag.
H1 BET could be for someone called betty or a gambler.
I looked at one for me, P1WWJ (£400) was significantly higher than P4WWJ (£165). Which in Pinball terms is probably more of a brag.
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I had 5YS on my Ducati, I’d been called Sys since schooldays.
Unfortunately arthritis took it’s toll on my wrists so the bike was SORNed and left in my garage.
After about 5 years I decided I wanted a pinshack, flogging the bike and plate would help with the finances, so I bought a new battery, got it running and MOT’d, sold the bike and got a retention certificate for the plate.
I presumed I’d just put an advert in the Sunday Times, that was the go to place for buying and selling plates in the olden days, but no, the internet’s taken over.
Contacted a few of the bigger players but the offers were derisory, £5-6kish, they were selling similar regs for £50-60k so I told them I’d rather keep it.
Got two phone calls a couple of days apart asking if they were still for sale about a month later and after a bit of to and froing settled on £13k. Not what I’d hoped for but still made £10k profit.
Unfortunately arthritis took it’s toll on my wrists so the bike was SORNed and left in my garage.
After about 5 years I decided I wanted a pinshack, flogging the bike and plate would help with the finances, so I bought a new battery, got it running and MOT’d, sold the bike and got a retention certificate for the plate.
I presumed I’d just put an advert in the Sunday Times, that was the go to place for buying and selling plates in the olden days, but no, the internet’s taken over.
Contacted a few of the bigger players but the offers were derisory, £5-6kish, they were selling similar regs for £50-60k so I told them I’d rather keep it.
Got two phone calls a couple of days apart asking if they were still for sale about a month later and after a bit of to and froing settled on £13k. Not what I’d hoped for but still made £10k profit.
Don't need an mot to assign or put plate on retention anymore. ( Think you just need a v5) Pay the 80 dvla fee for retention certificate and do an internet search for number plates, email the details to at least 4 of the companies that come up, they will either send you an offer to buy it, or will give you a recommended price to sell it through them, they take a percentage of any sale. This IS worth money to bookies, and people in the racing industry, I'd wager it's worth in the THOUSANDS. There also auctions that sell versatile plates like this.
Oh and check trustpilot reviews of any company you decide to use as the industry has a history of not paying the seller then folding the company.
Oh and check trustpilot reviews of any company you decide to use as the industry has a history of not paying the seller then folding the company.
Looks like it depends on how long its been off the road for.
The vehicle must:
be registered with DVLA in the UK
be able to move under its own power
be of a type that needs an MOT or heavy goods vehicle (HGV) test certificate
be available for inspection - DVLA will contact you if they need to inspect your vehicle
have been taxed or had a SORN in place continuously for the past 5 years
be taxed currently or have a SORN in place - if it’s had a SORN in place for more than 5 years, it must be taxed and have an MOT certificate
If you have a historic (classic) vehicle you’ll also need a current MOT certificate, even if your vehicle is usually exempt from MOTs.
If its been off the road for a long time it might still be worth sorting it if the plates got decent value.