Personalized Plates - why are they so expensive? [Archive]

win-star

Jul 23rd, 2009, 05:48 PM

Why are personalized plates so expensive? (in ontario, $23x.xx I believe [last time i checked was few months back] but not sure about other places and i assume they are expensive also)

mazdubb

Jul 23rd, 2009, 06:00 PM

Because they aren't necessary. It's an extra for people that have cash to burn. They can charge $1000 per plate for all I care. Maybe we can have our taxes lowered a bit if they cost that much. :razz:

canehdianman

Jul 23rd, 2009, 06:03 PM

Consider it a douchebag tax.

ES_Revenge

Jul 23rd, 2009, 06:12 PM

LOL before more people start to flame here, I agree they are too pricey. Not only that but they make you wait like 2 months to get them and have to pay for them upfront :rolleyes: Like no deposit or anything, just you pay in full and then you get them two months later. Sucks.

bembol

Jul 23rd, 2009, 06:16 PM

:twisted:

Douchebag, WTF?!?! Why the hate.

I don't know why either, even getting it replaced doubled to like $100.

RabidRabbit

Jul 23rd, 2009, 06:17 PM

Consider it a douchebag tax.

lol

AzN_RiverdaleCI

Jul 23rd, 2009, 06:18 PM

because I am "AZN RCI"
(im kidding)
*hint hint* who wants to gift me a personalized plate?

angel_wing0

Jul 23rd, 2009, 06:46 PM

Douchebag tax indeed. But I love my own personalized plate :D

Decius

Jul 23rd, 2009, 06:56 PM

Because personalized plates are custom one offs, and like anything else that's a custom on off there's a certain degree of extra expense involved in producing them.

Sepiraph

Jul 23rd, 2009, 07:14 PM

Because Ontario needs the tax $ to pay the unions and bailout unionized companies.

EuroZ34

Jul 23rd, 2009, 07:28 PM

in Europe, its $3000 a plate

canehdianman

Jul 23rd, 2009, 07:40 PM

ok ok, douchebag tax was meant more as a joke than a truth...

But they cost more because they cost more to make.

m4gician

Jul 24th, 2009, 01:18 AM

My favourite plate so far...a brand spanking new Rolls Royce...plate read (NEWMONEY). Haha best plate ever.

mkerian

Jul 24th, 2009, 02:19 AM

:twisted:

Douchebag, WTF?!?! Why the hate.

1) For some reason, drivers with customized plates usually drive like douchebags.

2) They always use such douchebag names, like
"26E4U" (too sexy for you)
"9WONWON"
"IW84NO1"
"LETS M8"
"ASSMAN23" (i guess assman 1 thru 22 was taken)
i could go on...

3) They always seem to look like douchebags. I just recently saw a "RUBZZ2NT' (are you busy tonight) driven by a bald man in a porsche.

I know i know, im generalizing. There are some very nice people out there with vanity plates...but still...

Digital_Domain

Jul 24th, 2009, 03:35 AM

Whenever I think of personalized plates, I think of this.....

Plate: GR8LOVER

Mom: "What kind of sick person puts that on their licence plate!?!? Why does the government even allow such sick stuff to be put on them??!"
Me: "What?"
Mom: "It's a pedo van - grade 8 lover!!" (It was a Ford Windstar)
Me: *LOL* "I think the plate means 'great lover'"
Mom: "They still shouldn't allow it."

But agreed, I've only seen a few plates that were funny or witty, most are douchebag names. I guess it's useful for companies but like others have said, it's probably just what it costs them to make a 1-off set of plates.

heeheehaha

Jul 24th, 2009, 08:51 AM

We get it REALLY cheap compare to other places.

http://sakosana.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/dubais-personalized-car-number-plates-are-worth-millions/

applecheeks

Jul 24th, 2009, 08:56 AM

I think it's worth the money!

I saw one that was like "TO WIFE" and I thought that was very sweet :P

Feb30th

Jul 24th, 2009, 09:26 AM

I think it's worth the money!

I saw one that was like "TO WIFE" and I thought that was very sweet :P

I think any plates with "TO something" is cheezy :P... and I love my personalized plate... yes it's a bit expensive but it's only really just a one time fee...

ES_Revenge

Jul 24th, 2009, 10:11 AM

Oh c'mon it costs them like all of 10 cents to make these plates. Okay that's an exaggeration but it's not that pricey.

Yes it does cost more to do than regular plates, but not that much more. It's not much different than going to a vinyl shop and having a custom decal made up and that doesn't cost that much. They use the exact same "blank" plates and the exact same stamping process with the same letters and numbers to do the stamping. They just have to arrange them according to what someone wants. That costs $230 or whatever? Yeah right. I don't think so.

BradT

Jul 24th, 2009, 10:32 AM

It was a younger person driving it when I saw it downtown.

My favourite plate so far...a brand spanking new Rolls Royce...plate read (NEWMONEY). Haha best plate ever.

yanksingh

Jul 24th, 2009, 11:06 AM

Well you pay high price for good stuff..:lol:

I love my custom plate on my car and bike (it's my name on both)

Ix2L

Jul 24th, 2009, 11:16 AM

My favourite plate so far...a brand spanking new Rolls Royce...plate read (NEWMONEY). Haha best plate ever.

drizzy drakeee

5dark

Jul 24th, 2009, 12:07 PM

My favourite plate so far...a brand spanking new Rolls Royce...plate read (NEWMONEY). Haha best plate ever.

I think I saw that car in front of Yorkdale. Parked illegally and struted out with his posse of one like he was a rap star. Not kidding. 10 minutes later the car was gone though.

c_snapper

Jul 25th, 2009, 12:15 AM

1) For some reason, drivers with customized plates usually drive like douchebags.

2) They always use such douchebag names, like
"26E4U" (too sexy for you)
"9WONWON"
"IW84NO1"
"LETS M8"
"ASSMAN23" (i guess assman 1 thru 22 was taken)
i could go on...

3) They always seem to look like douchebags. I just recently saw a "RUBZZ2NT' (are you busy tonight) driven by a bald man in a porsche.

I know i know, im generalizing. There are some very nice people out there with vanity plates...but still...

i read it as "rub 2 nuts" lol

Ix2L

Jul 25th, 2009, 02:18 AM

i think i saw that car in front of yorkdale. Parked illegally and struted out with his posse of one like he was a rap star. Not kidding. 10 minutes later the car was gone though.

heartbreak drake son

mr_raider

Jul 25th, 2009, 09:50 AM

Don't whine. At least you get them. Here is Soviet Quebec, you don't pick plates, plates pick you!

KorruptioN

Jul 25th, 2009, 09:56 AM

I saw a G35 Coupe the other day with the plates "OMG MOVE". Pretty sure it was a younger Asian guy :lol:

UrbanPoet

Jul 25th, 2009, 10:31 AM

jasonkwan86

Jul 25th, 2009, 10:49 AM

"thx-m0m"

Mattones

Jul 25th, 2009, 12:26 PM

I want to make mine say 'foneHome'

angel_wing0

Jul 25th, 2009, 01:19 PM

"thx-m0m"

i saw that too i think it was a porshe :D

m4gician

Jul 25th, 2009, 01:26 PM

drizzy drakeee

You serious, that was Drake's Car? haha makes sense. I mean the guy DID star on Degrassi and decided all of a sudden..hey I'm street and I can rap..

*hums a Drake song as we speak*

DAMNIT!

m4gician

Jul 25th, 2009, 01:28 PM

i saw that too i think it was a porshe :D

haha...I hope it was some young exec paying hommage to his mom, but hey wealth can do anything for you :).

The reason I like the NEWMONEY Rolls Royce plate is because it's exactly the type of car/plate I'm hoping to get really soon (come onnnnnn big idea!!)

PsioniC

Jul 25th, 2009, 03:04 PM

My favourite plate so far...a brand spanking new Rolls Royce...plate read (NEWMONEY). Haha best plate ever.

I saw that guy driving through Yorkville. The guy looked like a pretty huge tool. Very nice car though.

PsioniC

Jul 25th, 2009, 03:11 PM

heartbreak drake son

When I saw the Rolls Royce it wasn't Drake driving it, it was a white guy who was a lot bigger than Drake.

angel_wing0

Jul 25th, 2009, 04:23 PM

I saw a G35 Coupe the other day with the plates "OMG MOVE". Pretty sure it was a younger Asian guy :lol:

that must be for the slow drivers. :lol:

haha...I hope it was some young exec paying hommage to his mom, but hey wealth can do anything for you :).

i actually saw it in a school parking lot...the car is white i m sure, thou i forgot if its a porshe or a ferrari. ANd it's an auto --*

kleptodathief

Jul 25th, 2009, 06:15 PM

i got personalized plates...is it over 300 now? i think i paid like 270 4 years ago

MaximDude

Jul 25th, 2009, 08:06 PM

A couple of months ago, I saw a car with the license plate "BATMOBILE" on a car similar to this:

http://www.parkers.co.uk/imagecache/file/300/archive/Hyundai/Pony%20Hatchback/Pony_Presto.jpg

Dang I wanted that license plate. :(

indca

Jul 25th, 2009, 08:25 PM

Jon Lai

Jul 25th, 2009, 08:54 PM

Ebola

Jul 25th, 2009, 10:01 PM

No word of a lie, I saw this one guy who had an old Honda Civic with plates:

"LFG UBRS"

mr_raider

Jul 25th, 2009, 10:52 PM

I saw a G35 Coupe the other day with the plates "OMG MOVE". Pretty sure it was a younger Asian guy :lol:

Or may be his parents want his lazy a** out of the house.

DaVibe

Jul 25th, 2009, 11:20 PM

Because people who want personalized plates obviously don't care about the price, they just want the damn plate.
Therefore, they'll pay whatever the price.

Such as myself! (Always wanted a personalized plate). Think about it :lol:

Carzzz

Jul 26th, 2009, 04:16 PM

how about choosing the number?

angel_wing0

Jul 26th, 2009, 10:12 PM

i got personalized plates...is it over 300 now? i think i paid like 270 4 years ago

2 to 8 character personalized plates $235.25
2 to 6 character plates with a graphic $314.00

http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/vehicle/plates.shtml

Can I buy customized plate without having a car? And can I keep this Plate for as long as I want?

Yes, if the plate is not registered with a car thru mto, it's nothing more than just a piece of plastic (or whatever material it is)

ES_Revenge

Jul 27th, 2009, 09:55 AM

And I have a question...

I share a car with my brother, and I am planning to buy a car myself next year; so Can I buy customized plate without having a car? And can I keep this Plate for as long as I want?
Yeah the same question was asked on another thread I believe you can get the plates without the car. As for how long you can keep them I'm not sure. I mean you can keep the physical plates forever (they never actually ask for them back), but I'm wondering if there isn't some time period where, if they are not registered with/on a vehicle, they expire? I mean otherwise any plate that anyone ever had would never be available again even after they died, etc. There has to be some expiry period where someone else can get that plate if you don't have it registered.

No word of a lie, I saw this one guy who had an old Honda Civic with plates:

"LFG UBRS"

Man anyone remember that game show Bumper Stumpers? LOL. This one is probably staring me right in the face but... I don't get it--care to give me a hint on this one?

win-star

Jul 27th, 2009, 08:50 PM

No word of a lie, I saw this one guy who had an old Honda Civic with plates:

"LFG UBRS"

what does LFG UBERS mean?

arcueid

Jul 28th, 2009, 10:33 AM

No word of a lie, I saw this one guy who had an old Honda Civic with plates:

"LFG UBRS"

LOL... my buddy has plates that says "BOOMKIN"

Ebola

Jul 28th, 2009, 12:07 PM

what does LFG UBRS mean?

Sorry, I should have clarified.

I was at work, so I asked the guy what the signifiance of his plate was, because I didnt get it either at first.

He informed me it was a World of Warcraft term. It fit him, I'll just say that.

ES_Revenge

Jul 28th, 2009, 01:08 PM

He informed me it was a World of Warcraft term. It fit him, I'll just say that.
Ah, so I guess it's a good thing we couldn't figure that out!

win-star

Jul 31st, 2009, 07:05 AM

I saw a license plate on a Infiniti G20T "IAM LOCO"

Therapy2009

Sep 8th, 2009, 12:54 AM

don't mean to bump this old thread,
but I was just wondering... how much do new plates cost if you don't want them personalized?

angel_wing0

Sep 8th, 2009, 01:29 AM

don't mean to bump this old thread,
but I was just wondering... how much do new plates cost if you don't want them personalized?

as in your old one is broken? should be free...

http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/vehicle/replace.shtml

Replacing Regular Plates
If your plates have been lost, stolen or damaged, bring the following into a Driver and Vehicle Licence Issuing Office:

Replacement Declaration filled out by the owner and the police or telephone reporting - the name of the officer who took the report and the occurrence number are required (not required if both plates are being returned ). Replacement Declaration forms are available at any Driver and Vehicle Licence Issuing Office or local police department;
the remaining plate if you have it;
name of your insurance company and policy number;
the vehicle permit (plate and vehicle portions);
Application for Registration completed and signed (blank form available at the Issuing Office).

Therapy2009

Sep 8th, 2009, 01:33 AM

nope not a broken one...
its my first time getting one.

as in your old one is broken? should be free...

http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/vehicle/replace.shtml

Replacing Regular Plates
If your plates have been lost, stolen or damaged, bring the following into a Driver and Vehicle Licence Issuing Office:

Replacement Declaration filled out by the owner and the police or telephone reporting - the name of the officer who took the report and the occurrence number are required (not required if both plates are being returned ). Replacement Declaration forms are available at any Driver and Vehicle Licence Issuing Office or local police department;
the remaining plate if you have it;
name of your insurance company and policy number;
the vehicle permit (plate and vehicle portions);
Application for Registration completed and signed (blank form available at the Issuing Office).

Keigotw

Sep 8th, 2009, 01:38 AM

Therapy2009

Sep 8th, 2009, 01:42 AM

read
http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9135290&postcount=45

thats only the pricing for personalized plates & graphic.

angel_wing0

Sep 8th, 2009, 01:43 AM

nope not a broken one...
its my first time getting one.

then it's free for sure, your registration fees include the plates.

Therapy2009

Sep 8th, 2009, 01:44 AM

then it's free for sure, your registration fees include the plates.

really?
thanks for clarifying that :D

Keigotw

Sep 8th, 2009, 02:04 AM

don't mean to bump this old thread,
but I was just wondering... how much do new plates cost if you don't want them personalized?

read
http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9135290&postcount=45

thats only the pricing for personalized plates & graphic.

Opps read it wrong
so if you just want new plates is like $20
http://www.ontariolicences.com/Ontlicenceplates.htm#plate_xfer