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19-Year-Old Student Bids Car License Number For Bt25 Million


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A 19-year-old student of Assumption University has won the bidding of the car license plate number 1 Kor Kor 1111 1.

 

The winner, Thanapat Tantisewekul, said he was willing to pay up to Bt50 million if needed to. :dunce:

 

Land Transport Department Director General Atsathai Ratanadilok said the price was the highest for a car license number since the department held the bidding for license numbers since 2003.

 

Thanapat, who is studying the Faculty of Law, used the Bt25 million license plate on his Nissan Almera E-CVT, which is worth about Bt500,000.

 

 

http://www.nationmul...t-30244434.html

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<< As the winning bidder, Thanapat Tuntisevekul, a law student at Assumption University, was allowed to create his own design for the licence plate. The graphic design chosen by Thanapat for his Bt25-million plate is named "Eight Horses on the River of Nine Gems", which is believed to give luck, prosperity and safety to the driver of the car.

 

The right to this 1 Kor Kor 1111 number is transferable through sale or inheritance. Thanapat said an offer was made to buy it for Bt33 million but he turned it down. He said the price was "inexpensive", as Bt50 million had been prepared by his family for this bid.

 

Thanapat, also know as James, said his family operated a real-estate business in Chon Buri, and they had obtained a few licence-plate numbers before. >>

 

 

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Car-plate-sells-for-record-Bt25m-30244517.html

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Hi,

 

Would not be surprised if someone starts looking at the source of the money.

 

Might not be a bad idea, as it is not at all unlikely that this was black money.

 

BTW, was thinking perhaps this selling license plates is the gov's way of getting tax money from rich people :)

 

Sanuk!

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