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I just got the plates for my new Leaf and there's something odd going on. I'm just wondering if anyone knows what happened and if this has happened to anyone else.
In the past, when my wife or I have bought a new car, most recently 4 years ago, the plates have always been mailed directly from the DMV. The manilla envelope for the plates has a front pouch, marked "Open first", which holds the normal-sized registration slip, with the owner's address showing through a window. The envelope is postage pre-paid by the DMV, etc. (At least this is what I remember.)
This time, the plates were in the same envelope, but with the front pouch empty. Stuck over the left third of the front of the envelope was a USPS electronic-postage sticker showing that it was mailed by my dealer (Premier Nissan of San Jose) to me. (The DMV postage pre-paid logo was still visible in the upper right corner.) Inside the main section of the envelope were my two plates and the registration which was printed on the 5.5" x 8.5" (half-letter) paper normally printed at a local DMV office with the month and year tags stapled to the sheet.
In addition, the plates I received were "6SX....". I'm seeing plates on the road at high as "6TM...." meaning that the sequence of my plates are at least 6 months old! My registration shows the "6SW" plate number and was issued 10/31/11.
I'm just trying to figure out how this works. Are some dealers now getting their plates and registrations at local DMV offices? Are these dealers being allowed to "stock" plates which they have the local DMV offices register? Any ideas?
Actually, has this happened to other people here?
By the way, I asked my salesman and he had no idea how this works. Obviously, there's someone at the dealer who knows but I have no idea who to ask.
Thanks for any input.
In the past, when my wife or I have bought a new car, most recently 4 years ago, the plates have always been mailed directly from the DMV. The manilla envelope for the plates has a front pouch, marked "Open first", which holds the normal-sized registration slip, with the owner's address showing through a window. The envelope is postage pre-paid by the DMV, etc. (At least this is what I remember.)
This time, the plates were in the same envelope, but with the front pouch empty. Stuck over the left third of the front of the envelope was a USPS electronic-postage sticker showing that it was mailed by my dealer (Premier Nissan of San Jose) to me. (The DMV postage pre-paid logo was still visible in the upper right corner.) Inside the main section of the envelope were my two plates and the registration which was printed on the 5.5" x 8.5" (half-letter) paper normally printed at a local DMV office with the month and year tags stapled to the sheet.
In addition, the plates I received were "6SX....". I'm seeing plates on the road at high as "6TM...." meaning that the sequence of my plates are at least 6 months old! My registration shows the "6SW" plate number and was issued 10/31/11.
I'm just trying to figure out how this works. Are some dealers now getting their plates and registrations at local DMV offices? Are these dealers being allowed to "stock" plates which they have the local DMV offices register? Any ideas?
Actually, has this happened to other people here?
By the way, I asked my salesman and he had no idea how this works. Obviously, there's someone at the dealer who knows but I have no idea who to ask.
Thanks for any input.