On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:01:47 -0500, JP <jpbeauch@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Ron,
>
>I'm not only a lisy member but i'm also a client of Bus Depot.
>
>Have you read my previous post about this guy?
>
>It's a scam...i'm almost 99% sure.
>
>The guy import a lot of Vanagon and ALWAY make them looks fine (cosmetic)
>but even then.....theyre not!, if you look carfully you will see all the
>defaults. He's burned here in Quebec and that's why he's trying to sell
them
>outside of our province.
>
>I've tried to buy a van from him a couple of years ago (2-3 years) and
when
>I got there to try the van he gave me all king of excuses not to let me
try
>it.
>
>First he told me that the snow outside prevent me from driving it
>Then he told me that he didn't have the keys, (his partner had them)
>
>I've insisted and then He found the keys. When he did, he tried to start
the
>van but it would'nt start
>
>He didn't have the paper either (titles etc...)
>
>And a lot of things weren't working like the fridge and so on.........
>
>He had all kind of excuses and explanation for everything. You kkow the
type
>of guy I'm referring to!
>
>Well a couple of months later I've heard VIA the local member list (yahoo
>group) from another buyer to whom it happens the same thing. The guy
didn't
>have the keys or the titles and so on.
>
>If you still want me to go I can but my guess is that it would be for
>nothing.
>
>Cheers
>
>JP
>
>
>
>
>-----------------------------
>
>Date:    Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:35:34 -0500
>From:    The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
>Subject: Re: Looking to buy a brand new Vanagon Westfalia?
>
>> Sorry but they stopped making them a long time ago so this
>> may be as close as you get. I found this one on e-bay, a 1990
>> Westfalia with under 19 000 miles on it. Looks like it's
>> never been camping. The fridge has never even been set up.
>> It's up here in Canada somewhere just not sure where but my
>> guess is Quebec.
>>
>> I would go buy this one myself but after somehow talking my
>> wife into letting me stretch my 91 I think I have to look for
>> a new wife.
>
>
>Any list members happen to live near there (Terrebone, Quebec)?  If I
decide
>I'm seriously interested, it would be nice to have a pair of eyes actually
>look at the van for me and confirm that it's as clean as claimed.  I need
to
>replace my tree-destroyed '89, and am looking for a nearly-mint Westy.
I'm
>not in a huge rush (in fact I'm in the process of buying a '95 Eurovan
>camper to hold me over, so I can bide my time and find the perfect
Vanagon).
>But this one looks like it might be a good candidate, if the seller seems
>honest, the bidding doesn't get too absurd, and reimporting isn't too
>difficult/expensive. (It was originally U.S. titled, maybe that helps?)
>
>- Ron Salmon
> The Bus Depot, Inc.
> www.busdepot.com
> (215)  234-VWVW

it is about 20 min from my house if you realy intreasted in overpaying for
a westy ill go look at it but relize the prices in Quebec are way higher
then anywhere else i have no idea why but i bought my frist one in FL. and
going to the U.S this weekend to look at ###2 they may need a bit more
work but i'm not sure if the price in Quebec warents the diff.