On Apr 2, 2007, at 11:19 AM, John Bange wrote:

>> Which brings up a peeve of mine-what people are asking & what they
>> sell for are not necessarily the same. Seeing asking prices on the
>> samba, my favorite vw site, tends to distort what we think vehicles
>> are worth, as volks have nothing to loose to ask for the moon w/ a
>> free ad? & you one rarely knows what it actually sells for, usually
>> much less?
>
>
> Yeah, I was going to mention that, but forgot. Samba frequently
> represents
> the "wishful thinking" price.
>
> Tom B.-always deduct $6k for non stock
>
>
> I thought it was "non-stock automatically reduces price TO $6k"...

You are right! I have distorted the original urban vanagon legend for
artistic license reasons!

Tom B-some vans would actually increase in value for being non stock?