So my rear numberplate fell off the other Friday, due to the dealer only sticking it on with two bits of sticky tape.
Popped into Halfords and the guy wanted £20 for it (although I got the impression he didn't really know what he was talking about). As it was a busy weekend i thought I'd try t'internet. After a bit of searching i came across www.easynumberplates.co.uk. It looked pretty good: £12.99, DVLA registered and they process yours order as soon as they get it to ensure you get your plate asap.
Now, I'm not totally naive and I know you need documents to get a new plate made but I couldn't see anything about that on the site. Wrong. Turns out its in the t&cs (which of course you agree to but don't actually read). Before they'll release your plates you need to send your docs off. Special delivery so thats about a fiver on top of what you've paid. You can't cancel the order because they've already started making your plates and that would be against the distance selling regulations (apparently).
So now I have to send my papers off, which I'm never particularly keen on doing anyway, it's going to cost me extra and I'll be without a number plate while the papers get through the post and they send the plate to me, which could be sometime in the middle of the week.
In the end I decided to cut my losses and waited till the local garage opened on Monday morning and got a plate made on the spot for £8.99. Ok, so it cost me three squid more than sending my docs off but at least they've not got lost in the post / sold to terrorists or whatever. And i got a shedload of tape to stick it on with. Not even a nuclear bomb will shift that thing now.
Popped into Halfords and the guy wanted £20 for it (although I got the impression he didn't really know what he was talking about). As it was a busy weekend i thought I'd try t'internet. After a bit of searching i came across www.easynumberplates.co.uk. It looked pretty good: £12.99, DVLA registered and they process yours order as soon as they get it to ensure you get your plate asap.
Now, I'm not totally naive and I know you need documents to get a new plate made but I couldn't see anything about that on the site. Wrong. Turns out its in the t&cs (which of course you agree to but don't actually read). Before they'll release your plates you need to send your docs off. Special delivery so thats about a fiver on top of what you've paid. You can't cancel the order because they've already started making your plates and that would be against the distance selling regulations (apparently).
So now I have to send my papers off, which I'm never particularly keen on doing anyway, it's going to cost me extra and I'll be without a number plate while the papers get through the post and they send the plate to me, which could be sometime in the middle of the week.
In the end I decided to cut my losses and waited till the local garage opened on Monday morning and got a plate made on the spot for £8.99. Ok, so it cost me three squid more than sending my docs off but at least they've not got lost in the post / sold to terrorists or whatever. And i got a shedload of tape to stick it on with. Not even a nuclear bomb will shift that thing now.
