Valuation of Private/Personalised Plates

[mahius]

Afternoon all, does anyone have experience either getting valuations or selling private plates. In this case I've got multiple on certificates (bought them many years back on a whim when I had cash to spare) and naturally there's some uniqueness in how they spell words.

They've got the modern format and I've seen similar plates listed for £2-5k+, though admittedly those plates are 'less accurate' to the word trying to be spelt. The only similar plates would have course be 49 plates (replace the 6 with 4), but those are more than 25 years away from being able to be put on a car

XJ69UAR
DR69GON
DR69ONS
DR69RCR
DR69CAR

I recall many years back one of these sites gave me a very low valuation and I was suspicious since they also sell plates (buy low and sell high). A colleague of mine mentioned when they bought their personalised plate, they mistakenly enquired with one of these companies who ended up bidding against them and quoted them multiple times what they ended up winning the bid on the auction for the plate. So forgive me if I'm naturally wary of any of these plate valuation companies who also sell plates themselves.

Any ideas?

 

[Scuzi]

Put them up on eBay and see what you get for them. I suspect you’ll get less than what you paid unless you have something particularly unique that someone wants.

 

[radderfire]

I know there are a few YouTube channels about private plate trading, they might be worth a watch.

I wouldn't bother with valuations, they are meaningless. Just attempt to sell it, and see what offers you get. That tells you what they're worth.

 

[Armageus]

Whilst others might be listed for £2k-£5k, it doesn't mean they will sell for that.

Personally I don't think any of them are great, given that they are modern format and wont look any where near as obvious spaced properly.

Realistically even at £500 I think they'll be a hard sell.

 

[tom_nieto]

I guess if Dr. 69 wants to show off their car then you might get lucky.

 

[Terminal_Boy]

I can’t say what value they represent to others, but I find them an invaluable indicator of the presence of an absolute throbber driving a vehicle bearing such a plate.

 

[Scuzi]

I can’t say what value they represent to others, but I find them an invaluable indicator of the presence of an absolute throbber driving a vehicle bearing such a plate.

Probability increases three fold if it’s a “4D” plate. At least it isn’t a BO55 plate.

 

[Penfold101]

I can’t say what value they represent to others, but I find them an invaluable indicator of the presence of an absolute throbber driving a vehicle bearing such a plate.

As the owner of a private plate, can confirm.

 

[Maundie]

Think you may be 'over valuing' them, I don't think any are that unigue to be worth more than a couple hundred quid but as was mentioned above, list them and see what offers you get, then it's up to you if it's enough.

With them all featuring 69 I guess you were a lot younger when you bought them, you never know you may get a 18 year old who's just passed his test thinking he's going to be getting 69s for the rest of his life

 

[resurgam]

I saw N16EBO yesterday, I was a bit confused why Nige was advertising his personal hygiene issues.

 

[Kenai]

I don't think 69 as 'AG' really works except for the most try-hard of people, so I struggle to see much of a market for offloading these, especially as the 69 format restricts it to 2019 or newer cars too.

Hopefully you got them cheaper back then than the £599 all the nondescript DR69 plates seem to be listed for on the dvla site.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I did quite well on eBay with mine years ago, not sure what it’s like on there now.

 

[GravyMonster]

As others have said, they're worth whatever someone is willing to pay for them. As they're pretty standard format with nothing to make them stand out, I don't seem them getting more than the standard £250-300.

 

[Feek]

Unless it's very obvious and very desirable, the resale value of most private plates is far lower than the original purchase price. Nobody's ever going to buy F10 EEK from me, but to me, it was worth what I paid for it. The same also goes for my amateur radio callsign, it's utterly worthless for anyone else but for me, it was a bargain. To anyone else (except for other radio hams), it's a letter, a number and three letters. You can't make a word out of it, it just looks like an old style plate.

I can’t say what value they represent to others, but I find them an invaluable indicator of the presence of an absolute throbber driving a vehicle bearing such a plate.

As the owner of two, I can absolutely confirm this. But does that make me a double throbber, seeing as I only have one car?

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Throbbus Secundus.

 

[Feek]

While that retention certificate is still in the envelope, I am Schrödinger's throbber.

 

[AtreuS]

Its all very subjective.... unless you have something like JON or DAVE or some other very common name its all down to having low number of digits such as A1 etc....

The ones with things such as M1 TT RS ST GT1 and so on can fetch good money for obvious reasons....

Looking at yours i would think the first one would be quite good for JAAAAAAAGGGgggGGGGgggg owners! so i would think that would be worth something. Game of throne lovers might like the next 2 but would they pay much?

Good luck anyway!

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

As many will say... as much as someone wants to pay for em

Other than a Young Dr I can't really see these attaining even what you paid for em unfortunatley

RCR and CAR I'd expect you to get least for, the others might at a stretch have someone else think dragon

 

[Nigel Kingdon]

I always thought that 4 = A.
And N16EBO is also wrong in that N19EBO is better. Double Jags trobber here.

 

[Armageus]

in what world does 6 = a ?