A rare car plate that belongs to an Egyptian expatriate in Riyadh has reached the price of SR3 million, but the owner is still not selling, an online news reported on Wednesday.
The much-coveted car plate reads “SSS 1” and is owned by Hisham Al-Beely, whose 1998 model car of unnamed brand that does not exceed the price of SR12,000, says an Al-Arabiya.net report on Wednesday.
Despite the unbelievable offers and considering that his monthly salary is less than SR4,000, Al-Beely refuses to sell the plate. His reason: he wants to remain loyal to his Saudi friend who gifted the car to him.
Tired of being stopped along the road by wealthy Saudis offering to buy the plate, he said he stopped bringing out his car. “Now I don’t use the car to travel. I take taxis when I go to work to avoid being badgered about the plate,” he said.
Al-Beely was quoted by the report as saying he was first offered SR200,000 for the plate and the car. The latest offer reached SR3 million.
A large number of wealthy Saudis interested in fancy number plates attend events of plates auctions for beloved numbers such as 8888, 9999 and 9000 and other plates holding their wives’ names of three letters and the one-number plates like NNN 5 or ALB 6
