Hey! Quit trashing on BenT. That's my job.

Mike

On 3/3/07 12:38 AM, "Aristotle Sagan" <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> You haven't seen his collection of 40 year old CrisCraft have you?
>
> It's a sad sad thing, this guy BenT on making money. What an asshole.
>
> tim in san jose
>
> On 3/2/07, Vanagonparts.com <jeff@vanagonparts.com> wrote:
>>
>> Ben,
>>
>> You need to stop your rape & pillaging ways...  First it was real estate,
>> now Vanagons, what's next?  Tsk, tsk...
>>
>> Cheers from your local fountain of useless information... except in the
>> Bay
>> area where you'll need to talk to BenT.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
>> Of BenT Syncro
>> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 6:17 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Peeved at escalating Vanagon prices? Don't be. It's good for
>> you.
>>
>>
>> Some time ago, I was personally attacked by some fool who was upset that I
>> sold one of my old Vanagons for more than I paid for it. I believed his
>> posting said he did not like my bring my "...real estate rape and
>> pillage..." attitude towards Vanagons. Ouch! He was upset that I would not
>> sell the camper to him for the same price that I paid for it. Hmmm..
>> Everett yanked his comment out of the Samba.
>>
>> I wonder how upset he will be find out that the same Adventurewagen is now
>> for sale for seven times what I paid for it and more than triple what I
>> sold
>> it for. I guess never mind that the poor AW in question is improving in
>> condition with each successive owner. Hey it runs now. Still looks like
>> crap. It has  a title now which was months in process. I wouldn't as much
>> as
>> the current seller is asking but someone else probably will.
>>
>> Does it really matter? Not to me. Lucky for you if you find a good deal.
>> Too
>> bad if you're stuck paying a premium. It's Amurkain way. In the end, WE
>> all
>> benefit because our vans become more valuable as they become older and
>> more
>> scarce.
>>
>>
>> Happy Friday!
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> BenT
>>
>
>
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> --
> Where ever you are, there you be. Unless you're driving my van, in which
> case, you ain't got there yet.