Auctions of Number Plates
One method of bringing personalised number plates to the market is by auction. Traditionally this has been the preserve of the DVLA's Sale of Marks unit who have, for many years held successful auctions several times a year for previously un-issued registration numbers at venues all around the country.
These have proven to be very popular and since the advent of the internet it is now not even neccesary to travel to the auction in order to bid, it can all be done online.
The agency has also been experimenting with fixed bid online only auctions for less valuable personalised number plates and they are currently honing the procedure to be the best possible.
Owners of private number plates who wish to sell their number in an auction cannot use these above auctions. Some dealers can help with this on their own website and their are dedicated cherished numbers auction websites.
There is also the usual extremely popular auction website which although not as specialised, does have a dedicated section for cherished numbers.
If you have any questions regarding any of the above , please contact us by email or telephone.
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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 They are assigned, and may be withdrawn by the Secretary of State.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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