VRO weirdness

Owen

After checking cartell.ie to see if a number was free, I phoned the Revenue to reserve the number. Spoke to a woman on Monday who after 30 seconds of bumbling, told me the number was gone. Today, I decided to chance it again, and lo and behold, the number is free, or rather was free, it's mine now! Strange though, you think they'd love to get their mits on 315 Euro!

C_Breeze

go on, whats the number?

Owen

Well, my Ducati has 999 on the plate, and I wanted the same for the car (Different year obviously), but it was gone. So I tried 111, 222, etc, and as luck would have it 888 is free. I'm still waiting for a confirmation phone call from Rosslare, but the guy on the phone said there should be no problem.

Matt Simis

Anyone care to explain how, if at all, this works for used imported car (ie not current year) registrations? I presume you can do it, but must wait till the reg is reached naturally before putting it on the car. Which isnt too likely when you are registering a 04 car in 08.

MercMad

Yes well generally that is the case, however I believe they are now reserving certain numbers each month, and also desireable numbers in case owners look for them in the future !

Stephen

I always wanted a 666 plate

C_Breeze

ned78 wrote: »

Well, my Ducati has 999 on the plate, and I wanted the same for the car (Different year obviously), but it was gone. So I tried 111, 222, etc, and as luck would have it 888 is free. I'm still waiting for a confirmation phone call from Rosslare, but the guy on the phone said there should be no problem.

for wat year ? my uncle has 999 on his TT

Blitzkrieger

13337 for me........

bazz26

Reserving reg numbers is a nice little earner for Revenue. I'm surprised they don't make the public more aware of this service.

Seth Brundle

bazz26 wrote: »

Reserving reg numbers is a nice little earner for Revenue. I'm surprised they don't make the public more aware of this service.

I suspect that it has something to do with civil servants being unable to cope with having to work!

Owen

So, after waiting and waiting and waiting for the confirmation call, I decided to phone them instead. "I applied for 0XC888 earlier, just checking that the application is okay, and I can forward a cheque?", "Shrgrand". How the country doesn't fall apart is beyond me.

C_Breeze

ned78 wrote: »

So, after waiting and waiting and waiting for the confirmation call, I decided to phone them instead. "I applied for 0XC888 earlier, just checking that the application is okay, and I can forward a cheque?", "Shrgrand". How the country doesn't fall apart is beyond me.

LOL

galwaytt

a friend of mine just got a 993, and he asked, half jokingly - if that year's '911' number was available.

Yep, it was. Been on the books, sitting there, for 12 years !! No one bothered to ask, apparently !! So, now you know there's probably a whole bunch of others just sitting there