A number plate worth cherishing?
January 31, 2007 6:51 AM Subscribe
Does anyone have experience with buying, selling or swapping UK "cherished reg" car number plates?
I have a 15-year-old car that I am thinking about retiring. For no especial reason it has a number plate that is the letter J, a single digit (not "1") and then TES.
When I bought the car, the dealer gave me a certificate that valued the reg at £497. But the reg never really mattered to me. It just happened to be on the car that I bought.
Now that I am thinking about retiring the car, I see that, according to websites, this reg might be worth upward of £2000. If that's the case, it's probably worth more than twice what the car is.
But how much might the reg be worth to me?
Has anyone had experience of selling a number plate through one of these services? How much do they really pay you if they're selling your plate? I can't imagine there's a ready market for this, because you can have an E-reg for (still) about £500. But vanity is an odd thing.
I was also thinking about moving the reg to the replacement car; it looks like that can be done for £80, but I guess then I need a number plate for the old car if I want to sell it for anything. I wonder what this whole exercise would cost.
You can also "park" a reg off car for £110. I guess that's what people do who want to sell the plate without the car. Is this sensible?
I am wondering if this whole universe is worth entering. I've always been mystified that this is potentially such a big business.
I have a 15-year-old car that I am thinking about retiring. For no especial reason it has a number plate that is the letter J, a single digit (not "1") and then TES.
When I bought the car, the dealer gave me a certificate that valued the reg at £497. But the reg never really mattered to me. It just happened to be on the car that I bought.
Now that I am thinking about retiring the car, I see that, according to websites, this reg might be worth upward of £2000. If that's the case, it's probably worth more than twice what the car is.
But how much might the reg be worth to me?
Has anyone had experience of selling a number plate through one of these services? How much do they really pay you if they're selling your plate? I can't imagine there's a ready market for this, because you can have an E-reg for (still) about £500. But vanity is an odd thing.
I was also thinking about moving the reg to the replacement car; it looks like that can be done for £80, but I guess then I need a number plate for the old car if I want to sell it for anything. I wonder what this whole exercise would cost.
You can also "park" a reg off car for £110. I guess that's what people do who want to sell the plate without the car. Is this sensible?
I am wondering if this whole universe is worth entering. I've always been mystified that this is potentially such a big business.
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posted by gfrobe at 9:01 AM on January 31, 2007