cliffdunedin 8 Report post Posted October 22, 2010 (edited) Hey guys. The plates on our Mercedes has proper plates.co.nz ones. Today i gave the car a wash and was using the cleaning brush when i noticed that the paint on the euros were coming off (see pics) I used no harsh chemicals just Meguires next Gen car wash liquid and also did not scrub excessivly. Has anyone had the same thing happen!? should i hit up plates.co.nz about this? Really not too sure what i should do? Edited October 22, 2010 by cliffdunedin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antil33t 90 Report post Posted October 22, 2010 Complain for lulz, those things are expensive as sin.... I thought those were just stickers? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cliffdunedin 8 Report post Posted October 22, 2010 Nah they are painted on...so i have found out lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
my_e36 43 Report post Posted October 22, 2010 Common occurrence. Surely someone can claim under the Consumer Guarantees Act for that has to be "durable". Number plate should last the lifetime of the car. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cale 36 Report post Posted October 22, 2010 Get some germanplates.com ones? Hah. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucan 196 Report post Posted October 22, 2010 Its like $12 - $20 to have new plates made, go into VTNZ and ask where the closest plate manufacturer is, although I've only heard of the one in Auckland?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simke 0 Report post Posted October 22, 2010 If you paid $800 for a set of those plates you'd at least expect that paint would last for a while, call PPlates and ask them to provide replacement free of charge. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OLLIE 26 Report post Posted October 22, 2010 go straight to fair go and cause a scene about how your $400 plates are average quality .... and see if fair go can get Pplates to explain why they are so f**king expensive! pplates = devil Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cliffdunedin 8 Report post Posted October 22, 2010 Its like $12 - $20 to have new plates made, go into VTNZ and ask where the closest plate manufacturer is, although I've only heard of the one in Auckland?? Really? i have never heard of that, might hit them up on monday. If you paid $800 for a set of those plates you'd at least expect that paint would last for a while, call PPlates and ask them to provide replacement free of charge. I assumed that the paint would be as durable as the numbers are!? I just e-mailed them now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lbirgel 0 Report post Posted October 22, 2010 when i got my plates remade it cost about $30 for both including postage Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nobimmer 694 Report post Posted October 22, 2010 go straight to fair go and cause a scene about how your $400 plates are average quality .... and see if fair go can get Pplates to explain why they are so f**king expensive! pplates = devil Word Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cliffdunedin 8 Report post Posted October 22, 2010 when i got my plates remade it cost about $30 for both including postage That's pretty good...though still dodgy on the paint considering you pay $950 to begin with!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wom 0 Report post Posted October 23, 2010 wow! how old are they? I use the same car wash stuff so now I'm paranoid Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cytamen 1 Report post Posted October 23, 2010 https://www2900.ssldomain.com/licensys-ebus...asp?Type=Remake This is the link to have them remade with a credit card online. $32.95 for Euro plates. Had my personalised plates remade twice through this link, fast courier too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ari Gold Report post Posted October 23, 2010 go straight to fair go and cause a scene about how your $400 plates are average quality .... and see if fair go can get Pplates to explain why they are so f**king expensive! pplates = devil Brilliant Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cliffdunedin 8 Report post Posted October 23, 2010 (edited) go straight to fair go and cause a scene about how your $400 plates are average quality .... and see if fair go can get Pplates to explain why they are so f**king expensive! pplates = devil Good idea but that would have been last resort, if pplates had f'd me around! wow! how old are they? I use the same car wash stuff so now I'm paranoid We bought the car 4 months ago and got the plates a few weeks later so around 3-3.5 months old https://www2900.ssldomain.com/licensys-ebus...asp?Type=Remake This is the link to have them remade with a credit card online. $32.95 for Euro plates. Had my personalised plates remade twice through this link, fast courier too. Awesome thanks for the link dude...though like i said earlier...still not impressed how easily the paint came off Edited October 23, 2010 by cliffdunedin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg111 13 Report post Posted October 23, 2010 I haven't bothered reading through this so is proberly mentioned already but phone them and they should supply new plates free of charge, you will have to send the old ones back naturally. I know this cause the old man did it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cliffdunedin 8 Report post Posted October 23, 2010 Cheers Greg no one did mention that, though I have e-mailed and asked for an explanation as to why $900 plates less than 6 months old have ended up how they are now, will post when I hear back from them! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wom 0 Report post Posted October 24, 2010 amazing I'm going to keep an eye on this thread in case it happens to mine I've had mine about 4 and a half months now Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg111 13 Report post Posted October 24, 2010 Cheers Greg no one did mention that, though I have e-mailed and asked for an explanation as to why $900 plates less than 6 months old have ended up how they are now, will post when I hear back from them!Our ones were around 6-7 months old, new ones seem to be more durable now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cliffdunedin 8 Report post Posted October 26, 2010 So got an e-mail back from pplates yesterday with this: Hi Clifford, Thanks for your email. Regarding this issue, you will need to contact the Plate Manufacturers, Licensys, on 0800 REMAKE (736 253). Sorry for any inconvenience. Kind regards, ************** Personalised Plates WTF!!! I didn't want to know where to get a replacement, i wanted to know why for $850 they were sooooo sh!t. sent this last night: I can understand i need to contact Licensys to get a replacement but i have not had an explanation as to why a product i purchased off plates.co.nz less than 6 months ago and cost me $850 have deteriorated after washing them. Anyone had issues with germanplates ones? might be better just to break the law with those, instead of having average quality legal ones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 35 Report post Posted October 26, 2010 They'll just tell you they didn't sell you the plates - the sold you the right to use the combination of style, numbers, and letters. Once you paid $950 for the rights to the plate, you sent an order to Licensys to have them made, did you not? So you paid $20 for the plates, and $925 for the right to have it made. So pplates = devil all right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz 1061 Report post Posted October 26, 2010 TBH I can see their point in sending you on to Licensys as Personalised Plates don't make the plates so they don't have much control in the quality of the end product. Having said that, it would make good business sense to ensure the company you have making your product, make it to a high quality. The $800 you pay is to own the plate itself and included in that is the ~$30 to make the plate which gets forwarded to Licensys. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucan 196 Report post Posted October 26, 2010 So your going to have to contact the plate manufacturer. Let us know what they have to say when you do Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simke 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2010 You shouldn't have to go to Licensys directly - you bought the plates thru pplates so all your inquiries should be dealt by pplates. Its like buying a tv which then dies, and the shop tells you to contact manufacturer directly because well they didn't make the tv themselves, they just sell it. Arrogant pr*cks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
