36 replies to this topic

[StephenSLR]

I recall if you chose your own combination and as long as it was [ ABC - 123 ] it was only a one off fee for fabricating the plate.

Looking at the myplates website they seem to be saying any non-random combination is at least $90 per year after the initial $220 for fab. Is this right?

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Edited by StephenSLR, 03 February 2012 - 10:23 PM.

[wot179]

Yep.

And black on yellow does not appear as an option.

There was a thread on this a couple of weeks ago,Stephen.

Everything has gone up.Again.

[StephenSLR]

There was a thread on this a couple of weeks ago,Stephen.

Cheers, do you have a link?

The search feature here is still appalling.

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[wot179]

This is the one I was thinking of.

http://www.gmh-toran...040#entry650040

Dunno if it answers your question,though.

[mitchg]

The custom plates are done by the company 'MyPlates' which is why there is an annual fee.

[StephenSLR]

Such a rip-off, what they expect royalties for their design?

Seriously!

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Edited by StephenSLR, 04 February 2012 - 12:55 PM.

[orangeLJ]

Not exactly,

Myplates is a marketing agency, same company that runs the show in QLD.

Basically they went to the RTA and said "you could be capitalising on a massive opportunity to make extra money from number plates"

I also heard from a rep, that money from the plate sales no longer goes into road safety (if it ever really did)

The agency takes a certain percentage, the rest is for the rtas coffers

[StephenSLR]

Let's say Joe J Blow gets his initials [JJB -123] and then sells the car, does the next owner have to pay each year?

I can't see why Ahmed H Salami should have to pay each year for Joe Blow's initials, right?

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Edited by StephenSLR, 04 February 2012 - 01:46 PM.

[StephenSLR]

Myplates is a marketing agency, same company that runs the show in QLD.

Basically they went to the RTA and said "you could be capitalising on a massive opportunity to make extra money from number plates"

What a bunch of scabs!

If I can't get my ABC-123 combo without a yearly fee I'm not giving them my business.

I hope they go broke, we pay enough in NSW to keep our cars on the road and where's the good roads to show for it?

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[enderwigginau]

No, the plates need to be returned or attached to another car......so you buy a registered car in NSW, make sure THEY pay the $25 to change to normal plates before they sell the car to you so you don't have to pay to put plates on your new car......

In VIC and QLD you own the plates.........

[StephenSLR]

No, the plates need to be returned or attached to another car.

Even for ABC-123 combo?

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[wot179]

Dunno.Stephen.Im reckon the answer is yes.

If I had to guess,I would say the RTA would send you a letter asking for them to be returned if you

purchased a car that had plates attracting a fee attached to it.

The RTA and Myplates organisations are a bunch of arse raping pirates with a

free rein to to what ever they please regarding rules,regulations,fees and charges.

Someone should blow them up.

[StephenSLR]

From what i have read, if Joe Blow put personalised plates on his car and sells his car with plates to Bob then Bob will have to pay the annual fee for those plates when it comes to rego renew time.

However if I were to get random generated ABC-123 I pay nothing after the fabrication - it's nothing but a scam.

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[enderwigginau]

Hahahah yeah, you hire the personalised plates in NSW and if you sell a car you have to not only change the rego to the new owner, but if they are taking the plates too, then you need to transfer the plates separately. Otherwise, you take them back and cancel them, put them back on hold for a fee or sell/transfer them to someone else.

In VIC and QLD you own the plate and can keep it in or off a car and sell it on. For example, Howard has the LITRE8 plates and they are his wherever he goes......

If you get a random plate, even at initial rego, you'll get charged about $25+ for them.
Random general rego plates are just linked to the vehicle they are on in all states.

Grant..

[TerrA LX]

Last year i bought a car with plates RiCE.308. When the rego renewal came there was an extra fee of $90 beside the word COLOURED (plates were white over blue slim line) on the renewal papers, therefore i believe you can purchase a car with personalised plates in NSW but to keep them on the car you have to pay the fee, which they slug you for come renewal time. I sold this particular car with the plates still attached & two weeks rego left, then they became the new owner's responsibility.

Snigger snigger.

[wot179]

Then you have the time frame they had them,if they had them before they started charging a annual fee for personal plates , which was approx 6 years ago , does the new owner get charged annually?

No.

[StephenSLR]

if they had them before they started charging a annual fee for personal plates , which was approx 6 years ago , does the new owner get charged annually?

I paid for a chosen ABC-123 plate about 10 years ago. The guy sold me his car for $50, I transferred the plates to my current car then sold him his car back.

I don't pay yearly fees. I can't see how they could charge the next owner as I doubt the RTA would have records that it was chosen and not random. They'd be mongrels if they did.

I wouldn't be surprised if these ar$ehole$ put up all the expired personalised plates on ebay before putting them back into the system. Capitalising on other peoples ideas.

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[enderwigginau]

BUT you don't get the original plate back, you get a remade version.........