SYR 1A -- recession, what recession?

[C240Sport97]

The reserve at the DVLA acution for this was £700.

It went for £20,500 plus VAT (£3587.50) plus buyer's premium at 7.5% (£1537.50) plus VAT on buyer's premium (£269.06) plus £80 assignment fee:

£25,974.06

 

[whizzkid11]

Don't think SYRIA is in recession is it?

Just France, and nearly England.... with the US about to lose it status as a financial super power....

 

[verytalldave]

That was probably bought as an embassy purchase. Nearly every day I walk past a black Merc with ZIM 1 parked outside Zimbabwe House in the Strand.

 

[st4]

With UK PLC's taking from that they'll be able buy 1000's of failed banks if they all go for £1

 

[A-AvantGarde]

That was probably bought as an embassy purchase. Nearly every day I walk past a black Merc with ZIM 1 parked outside Zimbabwe House in the Strand.

Thought that the embassies got given their plates?

 

[fyonn]

The reserve at the DVLA acution for this was £700.

It went for £20,500 plus VAT (£3587.50) plus buyer's premium at 7.5% (£1537.50) plus VAT on buyer's premium (£269.06) plus £80 assignment fee:

£25,974.06

okay, so I've never bought a private plate and I guess I don't know the drill.. but "buyers premium"? isn't that called "the price"?

dave

 

[whitenemesis]

Thought that the embassies got given their plates?

Plus "CD"

 

[Will]

The reserve at the DVLA acution for this was £700.

It went for £20,500 plus VAT (£3587.50) plus buyer's premium at 7.5% (£1537.50) plus VAT on buyer's premium (£269.06) plus £80 assignment fee:

£25,974.06

I'll stick my neck out and say that the reserve was far too low! A plate that spells something as easily as that, let alone the name of a country, would obviously be worth quite a bit more than £700.

A lot of the plate dealers ask more than that for Irish plates like 'XIL/DIL/IUZ 1234 etc'

Will

 

[C240Sport97]

okay, so I've never bought a private plate and I guess I don't know the drill.. but "buyers premium"? isn't that called "the price"?

dave

it's the auction fee

Thought that the embassies got given their plates?

diplomatic cars are 3 numbers D 3 numbers

one of the pair of 3 numbers identifies the country

 

[Beetnik]

All that money and you don't even get the (physical) plates to go with it!

 

[A-AvantGarde]

it's the auction fee




diplomatic cars are 3 numbers D 3 numbers

one of the pair of 3 numbers identifies the country

True I know that bit, but I believe that plates like ZIM 1 (Zimbabwe), AUS 1 (Australia), JAM 1 (Jamaica), CAN 1 (Canada) etc were given to the embassies for use by the High Commisioners...

The nnn D nnn plates are for Diplomats and then they have nnn X nnn plates for other staff (non-diplomatic) IIRC.

The first set of numbers also identifies the Embassy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_country_codes_on_British_diplomatic_vehicle_registration_plates (okay I know it's Wikipedia...)

 

[carnut]

I'll stick my neck out and say that the reserve was far too low! A plate that spells something as easily as that, let alone the name of a country, would obviously be worth quite a bit more than £700.

A lot of the plate dealers ask more than that for Irish plates like 'XIL/DIL/IUZ 1234 etc'

Will

Agreed...for a plate like that it should have been at least a million barrels of oil a day for eternity!