Car Number Plates

Don't be put off shopping around for the best price for cherished number plates because it can pay big dividends. All UK number plates come from the same source, the British Government, and they are issued by their agents the DVLA through a number of auctions annually and by periodic releases of combinations that were formerly withheld.

Once issued the DVLA will never buy back number plates and so this creates a very buoyant secondary market place. In truth it was the secondary market place that started to 'deal' in number plates some twenty years before the DVLA cashed in on the concept, but as with all monopolies, market share is easy to grab regardless of who came first.

It stands to reason that because the DVLA issue all number plates that they must be the cheapest right? Wrong! There is one source that sells cheaper number plates than DVLA and that is New Reg. They became tired of the monopolistic tactics of the DVLA and so vowed to undercut the price of every registration mark issued by them, simply put if it's available to buy online at DVLA then it's cheaper from New Reg.

So how and why does New Reg do this? The answer is that New Reg makes their profit on the actual acrylic number plates, which everyone needs to buy in any event after they buy their new number. So next time you think about buying DVLA number plates don't just assume that DVLA will be the cheapest.