I had  my eye on a Vanagon camper Diesel that sat
for years.  THe owner called a month or so ago,
and said he is done with it, come get it.  I told him I had to
make room.  Last saturday, I learned he had sold it
to a guy that is dismantling Vanagons only.  So I went out
to see this guy who bought my Vanagon.  He
clearly said to me,  "Vanagons are worth a ton
more in parts than they will ever be worth
in running condition.
    Now this one that I was interested in was a camper.
I plan to clean it up and use it. It had very little
rust on it, and needed a ton of cleaning, but in
no time I would have been bringing it back to
life.  He claims without E-bay there would be
no money  in Vanagons and it would be mine.
    See the connection.   E-bay has done the Vanagon
world a great injustice.  I would like to suggest
that we all protest E-bay and DO NOT PURCHASE
VANAGON PART ON E-BAY!
           I'm done, stepping down off the soap box.
                            Eric