Where is the best place to buy private number plates?

geek84

Hi Folks

Could someone advice where is the best place to buy private number plates?

I'm thinking of buying one which has 3 letters followed by some numbers?

Thanks in advance for your responses.

mgdavid

ebay, but you have to be quite smart with the search criteria.

facade

The best place is

http://dvlaregistrations.direct.gov.uk/

They start at £250 including all the transfer fees.

Many of the "other places" sell you the same registration for a lot more money, as they simply buy it from the dvla, then add their mark-up.

EDIT: Sorry, misread post.

The dvla don't sell the 3 letter first style direct, only the B16 BOY type and the
DE51 GRL type.

force_ten

for numbers followed by three digits or three digits followed numbers you would need to look at the likes of the DVLA auction

http://dvlaregistrations.direct.gov.uk/auction/

I bought my plate at DVLA auction and it is a single number followed by three letters

also look at E Bay and other on-line auction sites

also look at the auto trader page linked below and it will take you to a page with a few places that sell private plates and it has a quick search option to quickly finds plates that fit what you are looking for

Autotrader Private Number Plates

Iceweasel

Three letters followed by four numbers is standard Northern Ireland format.

Very cheap - prices start at under £20 - and of course you need to pay the £80 transfer fee, to swap it over for whatever number you have on your car now.

They have no year indicator at all - so are referred to as 'dateless plates' - so you can put them on any age of car.

Loads on eBay.

Here's an example seller:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/duncanjoes/m.html?ssPageName=STRK%3Anull%3AMESOI&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2654

No connection to me whatsoever.

Hintza

The ones in our family came from owning the original car back in the 50's....:eek: