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Cherish Registration Plates - Selling/Buying

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cocococo · 02/10/2004 18:18

Does anyone have any tips on selling a numberplate. Our car registration starts SO0 and I was thinking it might be a nice christmas present for a Sue! Not sure where to start really. I'm thinking of selling because I want to buy my husband a personalised plate for his Christmas present and hope to off-set some of the cost. Any suggestions gratefully received.

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Tinker · 02/10/2004 18:20

Ebay? But, out of interest, why do you want to get one? Being nosey, have never understood the appeal

JanH · 02/10/2004 18:55

Me neither, Tinker - though I used to work with a woman who transfered her number plate whenever she got a new car so that she didn't have to remember a new one!!!!!!

MrsCoddyClooney · 02/10/2004 18:56

dh has one ( cringe)

lolliepops · 02/10/2004 19:40

you can contact different companies that will advertise it for you then take a commision for selling but they wont buy off you dirct unless you had a realy a flash one worth a fortune that they were gona make loads of money off! i dont think you would get very much from that reg as sue is a very common one to get hold of and if it is a new reg with 7no's and letters only the women who has it will know its private, this defeats most of the objective to owning a private regi have one there is no point being poor and looking like it!

alibubbles · 02/10/2004 21:03

That's okay Mrs Coddy as 3 of our 4 cars have one, DS doesn'tt cos he only passed his test last month,8 weeks after his 17th birthday, but we'll get him one soon.

DD's is so cool, she has 4 initals and wehave manaaged to get a plate to read that.

cocococo,there are some sites whereyoucaninput your plate number and they will give you a value. Never paywhat they are asking either,we didn't forany of ours.

Tinker, it is a bit of fun!!

SueW · 02/10/2004 21:24

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MrsCoddyClooney · 03/10/2004 08:31

There is one near us called "SU51"

I always cringe when I se it
woudlnt like white van man saying " hi Susie " to me".
Dh has the first half of our VERY distinct surname, he joked that he wants me to gte the second half

I find them cringe worthy - there were laod s in Four OaKs, Sutton Coldfield, where we used to live - it was very "footballers wives" there,

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