Carplatesdirect 

We lost a plate - it came off whilst out driving, so its nowhere near being deliverd yet.needed a replacement fast. Ordered from this company for the first time, and paid an extra £10 for "express delivery" - which says we should receive the plate within 1-3 days......7 days later and still no sign of the plate arriving. Having emailed them to complain and got a standard rubbish reply. Checked tracking, its nowhere near being delivered yet. What a rubbish Company! Don't believe the rubbish written about delivery - its lies!

I've used Carplates Direct on a few occasions now and had nothing but great service from them. Easy to use website for ordering and absolutely no problem with communication or dispatch times. Will definitely use them again.

Terrible company sent wrong plates and didn’t remedy the matter don’t answer phone or emails

Do not use this company absolutely hopeless customer service none existent next day delivery more like 10 days and that’s if they turn up at all do not use at all costs

Don’t use this company, just look at the poor reviews. They owe me a refund, but I’ve given up. No one answers the phone and no one replies to emails.

Complete idiots. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY.

no one answers phone or replies to emails. Ordered plates last week ...still no delivery even after chasing but there again they use Evri which probably explains it all

Bought number plates Friday delivered on Monday morning. Very good service and communication. Would use again no hesitation

Ordered Monday midday - paid £10 the top delivery option. Website clearly states SAME DAY DESPATCH. Wasn't despatched till Wed afternoon. No reason given, no comms at all! Poor customer service follow up as they were not interested trying to resolve. Had to visit Halfords on Wed evening to buy elsewhere for daughters birthday. Company hasn't even offered an appology just copy / pasted small print saying same day despatch not guaranteed. Still ongoing as they do not answer 5 emails later. Wish I had read the reviews here first! Lots of people having problems with this company.

Excellent service,ordered new plates was delivered with in a couple of days,and a nice little note of thanks too,nice touch!

Useless company. I paid for the prority 2-3 day delivery service. They use Evri that are hopeless. I gave them the opportunity to refund the delivery charge but no response so I canclled the order and made it clear if the plates do arrive it is their responsibility not mine. Paypal have refunded me the money so quite frankly do not care.

Ordered my plates on Sunday so I did not expect the order to be picked up until Monday. However. 3 days have passed and I have not been informed that my plates have been dispatched. I have tried contacting them and I do not get a response. Im unhappy as it says same day dispatch 1st class. Im now stuck unable to ride my bike until the plates turn up as everything has been transferred through the DVLA and insurance.
Im now having to order more plates through another company as I need my bike to get to work. Very unhappy. Just a response to my questions would have prevented this review.

They do not send the same day before 5pm! If you are needing plates the next day, don't buy from them and waste your money on express delivery. Their website reviews are misleading and have now made me miss days of work and not get paid because being unable to legally drive my car. Their "live chat" is just a bot and not a bright one at that. Sending emails but like other reviews on here, doubt I'll have any personal response. Luckily have purchased through PayPal.

Update - Thursday 22nd Jan '26:
Got a generic email full of enojis (unprofessional) about dispatch time frames and they said they do not dispatch the same working day before 5pm! They said any express deliveries have to be done by 2pm (although not stated on website) and they then said they can't guarantee same day dispatch. They said that their website doesn't state or offer same day dispatch (I have screenshots of their website stating they do with a countdown at the top of the screen). Do not buy from this site if you are needing the plates within 24 hours.

Non delivery of Plates and non refund of Purchase price
Initially Car Plates Directs website appeared efficient and the order was easily placed. The goods were despatched via Evri. The next day delivery was crucial as the new plates had been allocated by DVLA and the vehicles could not be used until they arrived. After much chasing , the plates have still not arrived a month later. car Plates have gone completely silent now that I have requested a refund re non delivery of the plates.
There is no company registration no or registered address shown on their website and companies House do not have a record of a company of that name, making it difficult to pin them down for enforcement action on recovery of their debt.

I have ordered the shorter plate for rear, but they sent normal size. Order was correct as there was a paper with my order details, clearly stated short plate for rear. It was also alligned to the left with plenty of empty space left to the right, being less charachter than standard. I have sent their sales team an email with picture 6 days ago but no response. I understand its holidays but its been a few working days since.

I purchased a bike number plate on the 7th of December 2025 for my partner’s birthday / Christmas. I have sent 3 emails to the company with no response, I have also tried tracking my parcel with the tracking code the chat bot has given me with no luck. It’s been a month since my purchase and still no parcel. To say I’m disappointed is an understatement, you cant get hold of the company at all. I just want my bike number plate

Placed an order, money taken via PayPal, no email confirmation.
Used website tracker to see where my order is and its not recognising order number or my email address. Luckily I took screenshot, have emailed with all evidence and no reply to when order will be delivered or where my email invoice is?

Edit…
Have emailed now multiple times and still no response, still no trace of email or order number, have requested money refund, bit still nothing…
Poor communication

Raised no reply to PayPal and now fully refunded.

Ordered plates same day dispatch but day 3 and EVRI saying they dont have them . Paid the extra for express delivery. Contacted customer services feels like an AI response and no idea where the plates are

Really poor

Dreadful! Never use this company they will screw you.

Ordered what I thought to be ordinary road legal replacement number plates for my wife's car through this company's website and received illegal 'show plates' instead without the necessary postcode and British Standard number. Nothing was mentioned about 'show plates' on the order confirmation email from the company - if they had done so, I would have cancelled the order immediately. £50 down the drain, buyer beware.