Lupogti
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Brought my car with a private plate, put my private plate on it last weekend, not thinking of what would happen to the current one. Only now ive been offered £400 for it! 
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Ian
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If you don't transfer the old one off then it will be back in DVLA stock. You might be able to get it if you ask them soon enough.
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Lupogti
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cheers ill give them a ring 1st thing 
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Colin
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You need to retain the one you take off, im sure you get asked at the time if you want to keep it. My mate lost one this way but wasnt too bothered as he didnt have a purpose for keeping it & it didnt really mean anything!!
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baza31
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they usually give the number that the car had previously . Well everytime i have done so it has. inless its something like 1A which then they will withdraw and auction it off.
DVLA are money hungry
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Lupogti
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just spoken to a woman from the DVLA on the phone,i wasnt asked at the time if i wanted to keep the old plate i just assumed it was mine as i had brought it with the car. She just said that its now been destroyed  more like put on there system for them to make a profit on!
[Edited on 17-01-2007 by Lupogti]
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Colin
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My mate had P9 LAB on his M3, wanted his own plate K33 UAN on it & sent the faither to the dvla office, they told him the current one is a cherished plate do you want to keep it & he said no lol could maybe have been worth a couple hundred but then you need to pay £105 fee to keep it so maybe not worth while!!
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Ian
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Out of interest, what was the old one?
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baza31
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lol at destroyed. I buy and sell plates and go all around the country at dvla auctions. if its decent it will be on the website or in the auction within 6 months
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Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by Lupogti
just spoken to a woman from the DVLA on the phone,i wasnt asked at the time if i wanted to keep the old plate i just assumed it was mine as i had brought it with the car. She just said that its now been destroyed more like put on there system for them to make a profit on!
[Edited on 17-01-2007 by Lupogti]
Deffo will be sold on!!
And I dont believe for a second they couldnt do the paperwork to keep it!!
Phone back, tell them you wernt asked & assumed you would keep ownership of it.....drop in you will seek legal action if your feeling brave!! 
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Lupogti
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i wish i was that brave, i wasnt to bothered about the old plate it was just a standard private one, nothing special, but i sent out a quotation request to regtransfers and receved an email back offering me £400 so i would be willing to pay the £80 retention fee
[Edited on 17-01-2007 by Lupogti]
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Colin
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Regtransfers arnt offering you £400, they offer to list the plate on their site. Should it sell you get £400 & they take the rest of whatever it goes for!!
Worthless cause imo id let it go!!
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Ian
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What was it?!
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Lupogti
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Regtransfers arnt offering you £400, they offer to list the plate on their site. Should it sell you get £400 & they take the rest of whatever it goes for!!
Worthless cause imo id let it go!!
ahhh so not worth the hassle then? S555 CGJ
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Lupogti
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quote:
Originally posted by Lupogti
quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Regtransfers arnt offering you £400, they offer to list the plate on their site. Should it sell you get £400 & they take the rest of whatever it goes for!!
Worthless cause imo id let it go!!
ahhh so not worth the hassle then? S555 CGJ
off my cooper S
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Colin
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I dunno, you could pay the retention fee then it take 18 months to sell!! making you out of pocket for those 18 months!!
Up to you, I wouldnt bother though. If someone had offered you £400 in the hand for it tomorrow then id say chase it but they hav'nt!!
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Ian
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Yeah not worth much, any number you like with those letters is £250 direct.
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baza31
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I know there is a time period before it goes on to another car. I am fairly certain its a year? to be honest that plate is worthless. For all the hasle id leave it. plus you will have to put yours on retension then re transfer it after, also will have to pay for the retension of the other plate. So in the long run you simply wont benefit
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Lupogti
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cheers for the help everyone, make me feel a lot better about having lost it
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