A MILLIONAIRE revealed his fortune is all down to buying a number plate for £120. Rod Sheilds, now 60, bought the reg – 4VBF – in 1981. When he realised the plate could be valuable R…
"I've always read the Sunday Times as it had cars and houses in - my two loves. And it was there I discovered number plates. I didn't know how much I could sell it for, I just thought 'let me just try it.'"I just knew it would be worth something because it had one number and three letters - I just guessed the price and put it up for £4k and someone offered just over £3,000.
"I put it in on a Sunday and got the call the same night and they came down that same night. They put it in a trailer and took it away. Despite now owning multiple properties and spending his time developing them, Rod's interest in plates hasn't dwindled."I'm an opportunist and I saw something that was undervalued.
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