Motorcycle Forum / General / Yamaha / July 2007

Seller ???  I am not selling it as its being sold by the DVLA on there
Auction site

Sorry TGS, the lack of detail in the original post, especially with the
mention of an auction, made it look like an attempt at eBay spam.

People considering these private plates should also consider the extra
costs of owning one. A few years ago, a friend had one on his car, and
it cost £80 transfer fee every time he changed the vehicle. He had a
vehicle stolen, not recovered, and had to wait a full 12 months before
he could get the plate back, plus another £80 fee to put it on another
vehicle. He was told by the DVLA that when making his insurance claim,
the insurance company must be told the plate was excluded from the
claim, or the insurance company could claim the plate as salvage if the
car was later recovered. I think he was also told that if he has an
accident, and the vehicle is a write off, the plate cannot be
transferred, and he would lose it.

When he was buying another vehicle, and he wanted to transfer the plate
to that vehicle, he had to take the old vehicle to the DVLA depot for an
inspection to check if it had been stolen, after a thorough check of the
vehicle he was told that if the vehicle had been stolen, the plate would
have to be forfeited, even though they had agreed to him putting the
plate on the vehicle in the first place, without checking then if the
vehicle had been stolen. After that he sold the plate, and said he would
never consider buying another.