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Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Do you find that when you drive down the road you are seeing numerous cars just the same as yours? Are you tired of having to run out of shops and hotels to check your number plate registration number? Then why not personalise your car with your very own unique private number plate.
Statistic show that nearly 40% of sports car owners have a private number plate to go with their cherished cars and over 40% of people who own 4×4’s have their own unique private number plate. Thus showing that with the rising amount of cars on the road it is harder and harder to be entirely unique, which is where Platinum Plates can help you regain your cars air of individuality. With cars being such a large investment for many of us, treating ourselves to a number plate is one way of making sure your car does not blend in with the rest of the same models and makes.
Your choice of private number plates perfection is entirely up to you and with prices ranging from £50-£50,000 there is a number plate tailored for you. It can include absolutely anything you desire; initials, birthdays, football teams and so on and in most cases it does not have to cost you as much as your car did! Equally, we do all the leg work for you as we will check that your number plate is DVLA worthy without charging you an extra penny.
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Monday, October 12th, 2009
Last week saw the penultimate DVLA number plate auction of the year. The number plate auction was held at Dormy House Hotel, Broadway, Worcestershire. Prior to the auction there was up raw regarding two of the number plates that were entered. The registrations were considered to cause offense to the gay community. As a result the Driver and Vehicle licensing Agency (DVLA) withdrew F4 GOT & D1 KES from the sale.
The two DVLA number plates still appeared in the catalogue for the auction but when the lots came up the auctioneer announced that they are no longer for sale. That said there were nearly 1600 private number plates that were included.
The star of the auction was lot 1068 cherished number plate 5 O, this was the opening lot on Friday, the last day of the sale. The registration number was sold for a staggering £71,000 plus VAT, assignment fees and auctioneers premiums. Proving that even in a less than buoyant economy, DVLA number plates, continue to command premium prices.
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
There are many different ways to purchase a private number plate and there popularity remains high despite recent economic challenges. The age of the internet has made it very easy to browse the millions of private number plates on the market. There are countless combinations of DVLA number plates and many different ways to make a car registration number pertinent to the buyer.
If you would prefer to talk to a human at the end of the phone most companies offer a sales telephone line that can advise you of suitable private number plates. Some companies offer discounts for buying online.
Buying dvla number plates privately can be risky as the legal transfer usually takes a few weeks. If you have handed over your cash to a complete unknown, what protection do you have if they are complete charlatans? Answer: NONE. Also the paperwork to transfer private number plates may seem daunting if you haven’t experienced it before. However you choose to buy your next private number plate your likely to have years of enjoyment from it, as well as a good investment many owners say it’s the best thing they ever bought.
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Sunday, September 13th, 2009
The next auction of DVLA Number Plates will be held on 7th,8th & 9th October 2009 at Dormy House Hotel, Broadway, Worcestershire. Dormy House is a 17th Century farmhouse on the outskirts of the pictiuresque Cotswold town of Broadway which is one of the most beautiful villages in England. It was once used as the main staging post between London and Worcester. The venue is penultimate DVLA number plates auction for 2009. The final DVLA number Plate Auction of the year is at Tankersley Manor, Barnsley South Yorkshire in December.
The DVLA number Plate auction commences with private number plates 93 A and is followed by 1599 others. There are many desirable private number plates included in the sale. The star of the show will almost certainly be lot 1068, private number plate 5 O, which opens the F11 NAL day of the DVLA number plate auction.
BAG 666Y may well appeal to a West Bromwich Albion fan bidding to secure a new DVLA Number Plate. Mr Singh may well be interested in H151 NGH, which will be a good bit cheaper than 51 NGH which sold at a DVLA number plates auction in April 2006 for £201,000.
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Friday, August 14th, 2009
The DVLA has recently written to its registered number plate suppliers informing them of a campaign to ensure legislation regarding the supply of number plates is enforced. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority have said there are ongoing investigations following a number of alleged instances of rogue traders supplying DVLA number plates. The Agency is also looking at number plates that fail to conform to the legal display of a vehicle registration number and where the required checks have not been carried out.
The investigations have already uncovered a number of individuals supplying number plates that were none compliant and no doubt they also failed to carry out the required identity and entitlement checks. The DVLA number plates crackdown has included sweeps of markets and car boot sales to hunt out illegal suppliers.
The DVLA number plate suppliers who act within the law have been frustrated with traders acting unlawfully and supplying show plates and the like. The DVLA state they are committed to ensuring a level playing field for all number plate suppliers in the UK and anyone found supplying number plates illegally will swiftly be bought to task.
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
Over that last seven years motorists have spent £571,000,000 on DVLA number plates. It is estimated that the Driver and Vehicle licensening Authority generates around a quarter of a million pounds a day from personalised number plates revenue.
2008 was a record year for the DVLA auctions with 1D selling for £352,411. The previous record for a registration number sold at auction was 51NGH which sold for £254,000 in 2006. One motorist paid £51,500 for dvla number plate 1 RAN and another parted with £27,200 for the personalised number plate WEL 5H.
I guess DVLA number plates at auction are like everything else in life, something is worth what someone will pay for it. If there are two or more parties interested in a personalised number plate the price can increase quickly in the bidder’s test of determination.
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
The appeal of personalised number plates is becoming a worldwide phenomenon. We have recently reported details from a recent number plate auction in India and are please to expand the news to include a sale last month in New South Wales.
The number plates were sold in a special number plate auction held by Shannon’s on behalf of the RTA, New South Wales equivalent of the DVLA. The revenue generated from the private number plates that were sold scooped a whopping $2.4 Million and surpassed all expectations. The top private number plate fetched $115,000 for a three number combination, 215. The same bidder also secured private number plate 214, a mere snip at $110,000.
The purely numeric format obviously makes it harder to make a personal number plate compared to our own DVLA number plates, that said presumably 214 & 215 had significance to the buyer if he parted with $225,000.
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Saturday, July 25th, 2009
An Indian business man has forked out 415,000 Indian rupees for personal number plate CH-04-K-0001. In India this is a ton of cash, converted to British Pounds it is about £5,243.00 which although a lot of money, it’s a pretty unremarkable figure in UK personal number plates terms.
The new owner, Harjinder Singh Pannu, bought this personal number plate for his Audi on Wednesday at the auction held by the Registering and Licenseing Authority (RLA). India’s equivalent to our very own Driver and vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA). There were 36 personal number plates entered in the auction which is reported to have raised 1,763,000 rupees.
The desirability of the personal number plates entered in this auction no doubt creates a stir in India. Honestly speaking they look pretty naff to me, not the quality we are used to seeing at the DVLA auctions. The quantity of personal number plates offered is minute compared to our auctions. The next DVLA auction has 1600 car registration numbers entered with private number plates like 4 O entered in it.
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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
There is only a few weeks remaining until the next dvla auction of personalised number plates. The auction is going to take place at the RBS F1 Conference centre in Wantage Oxfordshire. Perspective bidders need to start thinking about how to make their bids, as time to register is running out.
It is not necessary to attend the dvla auction personally to bid for a personalised number plate. There are a variety of ways to submit a bid. The auctioneers can accept telephone bids during the auction subject to available slots. You can also submit a written bid in advance of the dvla auction.
If you can’t attend the auction personally and wish to have a truly independent representation, most personalised number plate dealers offer an auction bidding service. The dealer will represent you and will bid on your behalf. Obviously there is a fee for their DVLA auction bidding service, but when you offset that against travelling time, expenses and possibly having to use your annual leave to attend yourself. The fee is likely to be good value.
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
One of the most frequently asked questions we get is, What Happens to my private number plate when I change my car. It really all depends on what you wish do with your private number plate.
Basically you have two choices; can either place the private number plate on a DVLA retention certificate, V317 which keeps it safe for you. Alternatively you can transfer the registration number to your new vehicle; this can now be done using a V317 application form.
The important thing to remember is not to part with your vehicle or its documents until you have transferred your private number plate, otherwise the new keeper of you vehicle will have entitlement to the registration number.
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