private no plates

wheel repair it · Post by **wheel repair it** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 9:25 pm

been offered a private plate P6 PHM which are my initials,its Â£360 plus 80 notes changeover fee.

now,as with everything,I know nothing about private plates,is it cheap,do i have to put it on something asap or can i just hold on until i decide which one of my 6 modes of transport i put it on

any info would be kool

CB · Post by CB » Tue Apr 08, 2003 9:29 pm

Your initials are P6 PHM? What, are you like, related to R2 D2 or something???

wheel repair it · Post by **wheel repair it** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 9:36 pm

yes,im really a droid,i do drive a cc after all

Aimee · Post by **Aimee** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 9:41 pm

I'm pretty sure at first purchase the registration fee includes one years retention as well as registration. Are you buying the plate directly from the DVLA?

wheel repair it · Post by **wheel repair it** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 9:47 pm

retetion,wots that

not getting it from dvla,a company that just wrote me a letter,im not really into plates but its come out of the blue so any info is good

CB · Post by CB » Tue Apr 08, 2003 9:51 pm

Well, IMHO, it sounds very steep for what is really a bog-standard meaningless 'P' Plate...only you will know its meaning. It would make most muppets out there just think you were driving a '96 model car and why would you want them to think that? I personally would steer clear if I were you....

BTW I'm after 'C130 MOV'

Aimee · Post by **Aimee** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 9:52 pm

Retention means that you can keep the plate without registering it to a car. For example, when I sold my last car I paid Â£80 to take the plate off my old car and have its old one put back on, but the cost also included registration of my numberplate to my new car. As I didn't have a new car I had to pay an additional Â£25 to retain my numberplate for one year.

So even if first registration doesn't include the retention bit it'll only cost you Â£25 more.

Duncan · Post by **Duncan** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 10:30 pm

Wheel repair it

Tell the company that wants to sell you P6 PHM there complete wa**ers

They're trying to con you. It's a scam opperated by many reg companies

P6 PHM

and

P3 PHM

and

P9 PHM

Are available direct from DVAL they will only charge you Â£250 that includes Â£80 assignment fee and you can retain it for up to a year without assigning it to a vehicle. Keep it for even longer if you pay a further fee (Â£25 i think)

Check out www.dvla-som.co.uk

or

http://www.dvla-som.co.uk/search/search ... h=phm&P=on will take you straight to the plate

It realy easy to buy just give them a call it only takes a few minutes and a credit card.

One word of caution. DVLA-SOM are slow to update their list. It took a week for the plate I bought my wife to disappear but is a fairly wide spread practice for companies to offer plates availabe direct from DVLA at a premium of Â£150 -Â£200. It is most likeley that P6 PHM is still available or there may be others you prefere more check out the web site

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 11:04 pm

good advice.

also as duncan said they like their commission.

my P20G CC plate was initially for sale at Â£900 - that isn't what i paid for it.

also on the open market P6 PHM is probably worth as much as my K16 DDS plate was. tried to sell this off and on for the last 3 or 4 years without success due to commission charged.

just as i was ready for giving it up and getting the Â£80 transfer fee back that i paid to take it off my last car (+Â£25 retention fee), i was able to exploit a mistake by the zoo and gave then no choice in giving me the Â£250 retail cost of the plate and the Â£105 originally paid to them - good result

paul_y3k · Post by **paul_y3k** » Wed Apr 09, 2003 11:23 am

'C130 MOV'

ahh that'll be the dirty fleet then !!!!
i wanna go in the back with the sun roof open

CB · Post by CB » Wed Apr 09, 2003 11:41 am

Yeah...unfortunately it doesn't exist though...there are no C130 or C13O plates out there that i can find...

Pauline · Post by **Pauline** » Wed Apr 09, 2003 6:21 pm

no way Pete, those are my initials too! I'll give ya Â£50 for it

Mr_AWOL · Post by **Mr_AWOL** » Wed Apr 09, 2003 11:09 pm

DVLA = B

ards!

I want a plate, which is probably useless to anyone else, but perfect for me - i asked DVLA to gimme gimme gimme but they said it had never been issued and as such i had to wait till it came up at auction - they will write to me. That was ages & ages ago and the plate still hasnt come up. They only actually auction about 1000 a year, so with all the possible combinations it could be 150 years before the welsh bleeders lemme have my plate!

samwise · Post by **samwise** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 10:48 am

Over the coming years (as in decades) plates like P6 PHM will look more obvious as we swap over to the new style format of number plates and the older style becomes the minority. I've got V8 JME but have it on retention as I didn't think it suits the CC (that's one modification I've yet to see!). Cheers

Jason

Pauline · Post by **Pauline** » Fri Apr 11, 2003 7:43 pm

Pete, when I chose my plate, they had P999 PHM for Â£250 inc Â£80 retention fee. No I didn't buy it - got something stupid instead - so it might still be available - that was at Christmas. Nice Santa