The VALUE of number plates?

[Zed7fiddy]

Hey guys

Been asked if my plates are for sale on another forum, and the guy has offered me a measily 650 for mine, now i was thinking i shouldnt let them go for that.

As they are MY plates and they arent for sale, so he should offer a damn impressive price, and 650 is NOT impressive IMO, he wants them for his drifter Nissan Cefiro, which is Prolly more of a barge then the ol XT lol, but either way, i got em so ner!

What value would you put on my plates?

Keeping in mind that the Prestige plates are no longer available, and the only alternative is BAR63, which looks cr@p!

[Feathers]

I say it's up to you.
Do the plates mean something to you?
I know I whinge when I get my rego renewal ($400 a year for the plates), but they're meaningful to me, so I wouldn't part with them.

Then again would you use them on the car you replace the barge with?
If not tell him you might be interested at a later date, but you'd want a better offer.

[charles_wif_xf]

If you aren't selling them, then don't put a dollar value on them. If you are, then they are worth what the potential buyers think they are worth.

[atec77]

Originally Posted by charles_wif_xf

If you aren't selling them, then don't put a dollar value on them. If you are, then they are worth what the potential buyers think they are worth.

What's a set of replacements normally worth ?
that is about I would pay , it's kinda like painting the car hot pink and claiming your not odd for making it stand out .

[Elks]

I have GTP.888 plates bought when I was going to buy a GTP, 888 is the leading V8 team, I have since tried to sell them I put $1200 on them but not even an offer. Still for sale. Waiting waiting...

one day someone will say you sold them for what!

The fact is that there is now so many types of these plates that the market it flooded and you can always find something that will work for you. Unless its a low digit vintage of a real classic like like "Ford" you will get from a few hundred to occasionally a few thousand and rarely more.

Timing also plays a part. 3 years ago a good friend of mine could not get an offer on the "BROCKY" number plate when advertised at $1,250. It was used at Brocky's funeral. Now it is not for sale.

[Zed7fiddy]

I Love them, they are not going with the car unless somone offers me a price I cant refuse.

Im just curious on other peoples opinion of their or my plates, I already have a price in mind ;)

Im just as happy to leave them on the Wall after the car goes, in qld we dont have a annual fee, just the $395 that I paid upfront a year ago and I can keep them.

And I probably would use them on the Jeep when I get it, as it kind of suits it when it comes to water crossing ;) but will be replaced with new ones when I get them

[theunfairadvant]

Originally Posted by 84RGE

In qld we dont have a annual fee, just the $395 that I paid upfront a year ago and I can keep them.

Years ago in NSW there is no annual fee as well but after i think
20 yrs or less they start charging now for those plates.

[Airmon]

If he can afford POS 20" chrome rims for his POS nissan he can fork out more for the barges plates!! :
Just be careful though, if you take the plates off you have no chance of selling the car :P

[4Vman]

For the life of me i don't understand why people would pay anymore than the original purchace price for numberplates...

[Racecraft]

Originally Posted by 4Vman

For the life of me i don't understand why people would pay anymore than the original purchace price for numberplates...

same.. i am not a fan of leet speak so most plates mean sfa to me anyways :P

[|||]

Originally Posted by 4Vman

For the life of me i don't understand why people would pay anymore than the original purchace price for numberplates...

supply and demand. simple economics

[flappist]

Originally Posted by 4Vman

For the life of me i don't understand why people would pay anymore than the original purchace price for numberplates...

Yes I agree. Now where can a get a Phase 3 GTHO for $5200?

If you want it and there are no more then you have to pay what the seller asks.

There is no technical difference between a genuine XY GT part and an exact replica but the genuine always costs more (much more). Why?

Because the buyer wants to buy it. Emotion not logic always rules.

Now while we are all fired up, I have a QLD prestige plate FPV F6 that can be yours for a mere insignificant $5000 donation to "Save the flappist fund".

[nugget378]

Originally Posted by 4Vman

For the life of me i don't understand why people would pay anymore than the original purchace price for numberplates...

I would go one step further
You would have to pay me to display some type of fancy number plate,way way too ostentatious for me.

[RAREV8]

Originally Posted by nugget378

I would go one step further
You would have to pay me to display some type of fancy number plate,way way too ostentatious for me.

Hahaha! I kind of agree with you but your actual car is pretty out there isn't it!!! I don't think I'd even notice whether it had plates...and I mean that in a good way!

Plates are worth way more than the actual cost if someone sees them and is willing to pay for them...basically exactly what Flappist stated.
I dislike most silly plates but quite like the JJ66/33/ model types, albeit most are lost on people unless they are in the know hence my basic ones- RAREV8.
These can be put on any make of car (that has a V8) and because of this, I will probably hang on to them for a long time.

[nugget378]

Originally Posted by scottishxc

Hahaha! I kind of agree with you but your actual car is pretty out there isn't it!!! I don't think I'd even notice whether it had plates...and I mean that in a good way!

A totally stock appearing XAGS,isnt too out there,
I went to a fair bit of trouble not too have to have a huge prostock type scoop,and will have as many mufflers and resonators as it takes to quieten it down a tad, LOL...

[RAREV8]

Originally Posted by nugget378

A totally stock appearing XAGS,isnt too out there,
I went to a fair bit of trouble not too have to have a huge prostock type scoop,and will have as many mufflers and resonators as it takes to quieten it down a tad, LOL...

Sorry Nugget, I know your car but had been looking at Pearly's car....not even related, just not concentrating when typing! :togo:

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by 84RGE

and 650 is NOT impressive IMO,

Agreed. I'll give you $9.50. (you forgot the decimal point)

We'll be back up to visit ya Zoo in Feb, can you wait that long for the cash

[Mark351]

You paid cost price, he's offered more - at the moment, that's what they're worth.

[XR6_190]

Sorry mate but I think he was about right. But that said, if your not going to be interested in selling the plates, who cares, If they were mine, and they had any form of sentimentel value, it would take big bucks to pry them off me too.

That said I don't quite get the whole thing behind paying thousands of dollars for a license plate most people can't decipher straight away. If it was a proper word ie- BARGE then yeah I could understand but when you start substituting numbers for letters, the value goes down in my book.

[Whitey-AMG]

I can't offload my old plates from the XE ESP

XXESP

I tried selling them for $600.00 and had no takers despite all the "legible" combos for the ESP being taken.

I think any custom or personalised plate needs to strike a chord with the prospective buyer to be worth anything. Its an emotive purchase. There is no automatic value associated with these sorts of things..............

I now have custom plates on the BFGT........they are the build number of the car..........GT ****.....These I'm sure would be worthless to anyone but me.....

[Jeeepers]

People will only pay what it is worth to them, question is, what are they worth to you? My advice is keep them regardless of price. They have a rep, and look schmick. Like your ride.

[OzJavelin]

Originally Posted by XR6_190

That said I don't quite get the whole thing behind paying thousands of dollars for a license plate most people can't decipher straight away. If it was a proper word ie- BARGE then yeah I could understand but when you start substituting numbers for letters, the value goes down in my book.

I don't have a front-on shot, but you get the idea. I've had these plates for many years .. I got the idea for them from an old CarCraft mag where I saw a '68 Impala SS427 with the same plates (coincidentally I owned a '68 Impala SS many years later ..)


Talking of undecipherable plates I was thinking of KLVN8R for my '74 AMC Javelin, but thought it tooooo obscure - AMC was formed when Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson combined - I liked the joke, but thought I'd be forever explaining it. So I ended up with NASHTY which is still related to the marque but even if you don't understand, most people just think it's NASTY spelt incorrectly ..

[fmc351]

$650 for 84RGE??? $395 for replacement version BAR63.

BAR63 is no worse than what youve got now IMO. Id be buying BAR63 for $395, and offer him which ever he wants but ask for $800.

[plext]

Anything is worth what somebody is willing to pay.

To me, your plates are intrinsically worthless, I don't want them and would remove them if I bought a car with them on.

Basically, it appears to me you're being overly hopeful.

[TheSneakiness]

Originally Posted by plext

Basically, it appears to me you're being overly hopeful.

Best thing said all thread.

They're only worth what someone will pay for them, something that has been said numerous times in this thread.

[gtxb67]

i am sorry but i cannot really get barge from 84rge. i would take the money and spend the profit on the rest of the car

[Daymoe]

Originally Posted by gtxb67

i am sorry but i cannot really get barge from 84rge. i would take the money and spend the profit on the rest of the car

You need to spend some more time with computer geeks like me hehe ;)

If they carry some sort of sentimental value, don't sell them. If not you are probably making money ontop of what it cost you for them anyway, so why not? If i had to value your plates, i would say 1/4 to half of what you bought them for, but it isn't a computer so i'd have no clue haha.

[ratter]

So what do you think someone would pay for "MYJET" ?

[deanp100]

I have "Numba 1". Is that worth more?

[2002auxr6]

i laugh when i see number plates for sale for thousands, it makes me laugh