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RMS and Number Plates

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Hallsy:
My081,
I love your comment. Reminds me of that joke where the cops have the tautliner truck pulled over and one of the cops is on his radio saying to the chief.... “He says he’s haulin sailboat fuel but the truck’s empty! What should we do?”

Vetech,
My son (‘86 C4 owner) can’t believe you don’t own a drill or bits. I told him you were probably joking.

Merry Christmas everyone.

bfit:
Sounds like a lot of hot air!
 Bfit

Vettech:
I would not believe  that either Hallsy.

What I really needed was the template, my dad would say "measure twice - cut once" in reality I could measure 99 times and get 99 different bits.

Was not joking - more - being facetious.

My point was - what happens when "the little Ole Lady from Pasedena" buys plates, she's 80 in the shade and does not have a drill or bits, every other plate I've seen in the last 60 odd years has a plethora of holes. These plates are alluminium, printed, coated and sealed - not any more, they have fresh holes ready to recieve corrosion.

I just think we Australians put up with Systemic short cutting and ripoffs by Govt's and their agents all too often.

StephenSLR:
MyPlates is a private subcontractor to RMS, hence why the plates are a rip off ... and they are after maximum profits whereas before when the RTA ran the show any extra they made was going back to the govt. to spend on roads, wars, Israel, etc.

When the RTA were in control, if you wanted custom three letters and three numbers (ABC-123) it was a one off payment plus the cost of having the new plates made, now it's a yearly fee for that.

Also, if your plates are damaged and you want the same combination, you have to custom order them and pay a yearly fee because you didn't get the first plates off the rack.

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Matt G:
Vettech, I changed to random USA style because I was sick of have prison sex with MyPlates each year...
Debating the logic of their price structure gets nowhere. Believe me, I had a really solid go at them including social media posts on there Facebook page, letters/emails, stern words with the poor buggers at the RMS (still feel a bit guilty about that one...). If you have time and enough resilience to make headway, please share your results so that we can leverage your base line.
I just checked my plates and yep, they are 100% clean with the exception of my two mounting holes. Looks like you need to display your Aussie spirit, suck it up, and borrow your Nanna’s drill and use your adaptability to get the job done. 😂😂
Maybe send MyPlates an invoice for tool rental and your time...

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