To buy or not to buy a personal number plate?
A client had just bought herself her dream car. I could tell from the tone of her voice that she was grinning from ear to ear. I'm sure many of us can relate to that - cars are no longer boys' toys.
This particular lady had decided she was going for the icing on the cake... a personal number plate. And, like most of us, she had a limited budget. She was looking at prefix style number plates, with a 3-letter abbreviation of her name. To keep it anonymous, let's say her name was Jan.
Unfortunately, she was struggling to find a private registration number she liked within her budget (a familiar story for many reading this, no doubt).
"How about a current style number plate?" I asked. "They're often more affordable - you can get one that's well within your budget". There was a fabulous one available at the time - similar to...
OO04 JAN
(this is not the exact registration number)
As current style number plates go, these ones are the best value number plates available at the moment. They are reasonably priced right now, and will sell well when they're put back on the market in the future. But in this case.... one slight hitch! Her car was a 53 plate - 6 months older than the registration number. So she would not be able to assign it to her car.
Dilemma! What to do?
Comparing number plates, and comparing number plate prices.
Should Jan buy the recommended private registration number anyway, because it's a good investment...too good to pass up? But she wouldn't be able to use it till she's replaced her car.
Or...should she pass up on this registration number, and pay more for a different private numberplate (that's likely to appreciate more slowly) she can use straightaway?
The rational side says... buy registration number OO04 JAN.
Emotional side says "I want to use my private number plate on my car straight away".
Decisions, decisions..... what would you do?
This particular lady had decided she was going for the icing on the cake... a personal number plate. And, like most of us, she had a limited budget. She was looking at prefix style number plates, with a 3-letter abbreviation of her name. To keep it anonymous, let's say her name was Jan.
Unfortunately, she was struggling to find a private registration number she liked within her budget (a familiar story for many reading this, no doubt).
"How about a current style number plate?" I asked. "They're often more affordable - you can get one that's well within your budget". There was a fabulous one available at the time - similar to...
OO04 JAN
(this is not the exact registration number)
As current style number plates go, these ones are the best value number plates available at the moment. They are reasonably priced right now, and will sell well when they're put back on the market in the future. But in this case.... one slight hitch! Her car was a 53 plate - 6 months older than the registration number. So she would not be able to assign it to her car.
Dilemma! What to do?
Comparing number plates, and comparing number plate prices.
Should Jan buy the recommended private registration number anyway, because it's a good investment...too good to pass up? But she wouldn't be able to use it till she's replaced her car.
Or...should she pass up on this registration number, and pay more for a different private numberplate (that's likely to appreciate more slowly) she can use straightaway?
The rational side says... buy registration number OO04 JAN.
Emotional side says "I want to use my private number plate on my car straight away".
Decisions, decisions..... what would you do?
Labels: buy personal number plate, cherished registrations, private registration numbers, registration numbers
