{"id":1240,"date":"2011-06-20T09:06:31","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T09:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-reg.com\/blog\/?p=1240"},"modified":"2011-06-20T09:06:31","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T09:06:31","slug":"rugby-cherished-number-plates-gain-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/20\/rugby-cherished-number-plates-gain-value\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby Cherished Number Plates Gain Value"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.org\/counter192.js'><\/script>Entrepreneurs who bought Rugby World Cup-themed number plates at  least three years ago are selling them for big profits &#8211; but could face  action from tournament bosses.<\/p>\n<p>Christchurch mother Carmen Burleigh said her partner Warrick Tuffnell  bought the plate RWC 011 on the day New Zealand won hosting rights, for  about $500.<\/p>\n<p>Four years later, they&#8217;re selling it on Trade Me for $10,000.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We just paid for the rights to make it as more of an investment thing, we hope to make some money on it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>An Auckland banker, who wanted to be known only as Anne, advertised her  number plate RWC XI on Trade Me with a Buy Now price of $2500.<\/p>\n<p>Businessman Graham Veitch &#8211; broadcaster Tony Veitch&#8217;s father &#8211; owns the plates 211RWC and RWC211.<\/p>\n<p>Rugby World Cup Ltd general manager Ross Taylor said they were concerned about people using the event for commercial gain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With regards to number plates, if there happens to be a group of  letters and numbers on a number plate that&#8217;s fine, it&#8217;s just how the  cookie crumbles &#8230; if you are trying to sell it as a piece of Rugby  World Cup merchandise then we have issues,&#8221; Taylor said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entrepreneurs who bought Rugby World Cup-themed number plates at least three years ago are selling them for big profits &#8211; but could face action from tournament bosses. Christchurch mother Carmen Burleigh said her partner Warrick Tuffnell bought the plate RWC<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-xs btn-info read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/20\/rugby-cherished-number-plates-gain-value\/\" role=\"button\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-reg-plate-news","category-world-number-plate-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}