Ulster drivers spend £770k on cherished number plates
Figures recently released suggest that Ulster motorists spent over £770,00 on cherished number plates in 2008.
This figure represents only the registration numbers bought at auctions held by Wilson's and include such exclusive numbers as MCZ 1 at £4500 and VLZ 1 at £4000.
There is no figure for motorists that bought from DVLA in Swansea and from dealers both in N.Ireland and Gt Britain.
The most expensive cherished number plates sold at one of these auctions was BIG 1 which fetched £80,000.
Previous expensive auction numbers include LEZ 1 at £61000 and DIG 1 at £50,000.
In England the number 1 RH recently attracted a winning bid of £196,000 which equates to approximately £245k after commission and taxes.
The registration number S1 also recently sold at a private auction for almost £400,000
Personalised Number Plates Information
Due to the unique nature of private number plates, for example "car registrations are not items of property in their own right. They are assigned, and may be withdrawn by the Secretary of State. They are assigned to the vehicle rather than its keeper" and many of the car registrations we have available to us involve a third party, therefore unless the registration you are interested in is one of our own stock cherished number plates it is subject to current availability. Similarly we rely on these third parties to inform us that it has been sold. If you see "your" cherished number plate on our website and it should not be there, we would welcome your feedback so that we can rectify the mistake. With regard to the Distance Selling Regulations, we must notify you that as the contract will begin as soon as payment is made, the cooling off period and right to cancel will no longer apply. This website contains cherished number plates from our own stock,car registrations where we are acting as an agent and unissued government stock.We reserve the right to withdraw from sale or change the price of any private number plate without notice. All personalised number plates on this website are subject to availability, D.O.T. transfer fee and some are also subject to V.A.T. at the rate currently set by the government. Additional costs are sometimes applicable for the transfer of personalised number plates to N.Ireland... E.&.O.E.
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