What price Vanity?
My initial excitement about vanity plates in Singapore may be short-lived :(
I always thought there was only one way to own vanity plates.
You create your own alpha-numeral combination within the maximum allowed and submit it to the relevant authorities. If the combination is not already in use, it's yours for a fee till you give it up.
Then I hear friends using words like "bid", "can be expensive if popular". My curiosity is aroused. Some checking around revealed that indeed there are bidding/auctioning systems.
I am not so sure I will want to bid for my vanity plate. It just doesn't sit right with me. Yet I am not able to articulate what is wrong with it.
I know I will be able to present my case against the auction system on another day.
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I just think bidding is not democratic. What's $10,000 for a multi-millionaire to bid for a plate? But that's a lot for the average middle-class person. I like the first-come first-serve system.
Thank you WG. I agree letting loud-mouth money always do the talking gets irksome.
I don't know....bidding very dangerous leh. That day at hong bao river decided to bid for a painting for my mum as she has always wanted one for the wall, i watched for a very long time and realise some items were sold really cheaply when there are no contenders and i decide to give it a try. When i finally saw a painting that was so-so (can do la), the person who bid before me said "$38", so i raised my hand, put out 4 fingers, thinking that i just raise the bid by $2 to $40, and next thing realised it was sold to me at $48, $10 FREAKING DOLLARS MORE.....hahaha
There goes Suzie talking irrelavent again! Hee!Ok, ok, i know you not talking about this kind of pasar malam bidding!!!! kekeke
Suziewong: Actually you are exactly right. You really can end up paying more than you mean to in an auction.
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