Where to find plates

335i nthehouse · 01-04-2016, 07:36 AM

I want to buy a plate for my old dear's 60th (luckily she doesn't have an account to see this term of endearment), nothing fancy, something with her initials would do.

Short of DVLA or rev transfers etc, any other good places to look?

Tronneh · 01-04-2016, 08:01 AM

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

Its the cheapest place, other websites give you enticing figures that exlude VAT and or the registration fee and usually works out quite a bit more expensive when all costs are factored in.
The DVLA prices are all inclusive, my own personal plate was only £250 all in.

asif03 · 01-05-2016, 02:48 AM

I was looking to get myself a private reg recently but decided against it as I'm not 100% happy with any that I'd found. I noticed www.NewReg.co.uk seem to be a touch cheaper than the DVLA site listed above. Not too sure how as I thought DVLA are the ones who actually register/own the plates?

I'd suggest taking a look on there. I don't think there are any hidden fee's but as mentioned above just be aware when purchasing.

Beancounter_74 · 01-05-2016, 04:32 AM

DVLA will always be the cheapest place if it's available - the others have to pay their costs and charge a mark up.

I recently bought 2 plates from the DVLA and both were about £30 cheaper than Regtransfers. Luckily they were both available on the DVLA site though

PurpleTT · 01-06-2016, 02:06 PM

This one's quite nice and is from 60 years ago...http://www.ebay.com/itm/1956-PLATE-L...-/160571045759

Sorry

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335i nthehouse Captain 273 Rep 915 Posts Drives: F30 335i Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Devon iTrader: (0)	Where to find plates I want to buy a plate for my old dear's 60th (luckily she doesn't have an account to see this term of endearment), nothing fancy, something with her initials would do. Short of DVLA or rev transfers etc, any other good places to look?
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Tronneh Private First Class 53 Rep 198 Posts Drives: F31 335d LCI Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Blackburn iTrader: (0)	http://dvlaregistrations.direct.gov.uk/ Its the cheapest place, other websites give you enticing figures that exlude VAT and or the registration fee and usually works out quite a bit more expensive when all costs are factored in. The DVLA prices are all inclusive, my own personal plate was only £250 all in.
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asif03 First Lieutenant 111 Rep 388 Posts Drives: 2016 430d Coupe Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: West Midlands iTrader: (0)	I was looking to get myself a private reg recently but decided against it as I'm not 100% happy with any that I'd found. I noticed www.NewReg.co.uk seem to be a touch cheaper than the DVLA site listed above. Not too sure how as I thought DVLA are the ones who actually register/own the plates? I'd suggest taking a look on there. I don't think there are any hidden fee's but as mentioned above just be aware when purchasing.
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Beancounter_74 Colonel 602 Rep 2,246 Posts Drives: M140i F20, 449i F33 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Essex iTrader: (0)	DVLA will always be the cheapest place if it's available - the others have to pay their costs and charge a mark up. I recently bought 2 plates from the DVLA and both were about £30 cheaper than Regtransfers. Luckily they were both available on the DVLA site though
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PurpleTT Major 371 Rep 1,216 Posts Drives: 335d F30 MSport Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: South East iTrader: (0)	This one's quite nice and is from 60 years ago...http://www.ebay.com/itm/1956-PLATE-L...-/160571045759 Sorry __________________ M3 Azurite Black now instead of the 335d. Roughly the same really.
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