Is that Blue Star too much? Go open your local 
craigslist and a find really nice Vanagon for 
less. No Vanagons in your local CL? Try some farther away, try TheSamba.
The market sets it's own value....

Rob
vwrobb@gmail.com

At  12/27/2013 04:44 AM,J Stewart wrote:
>I've commented many times on the price of 
>Vanagons. Here is what I've found: If I am 
>looking to buy, every seller out there believes 
>theirs is worth it's weight in gold, even with 
>ripped canvas, passenger car tires, nasty stains 
>on the upholstery, etc. When I'm trying to sell, 
>every buyer thinks mine (with new canvas, 15 
>inch rims w/correct tires. good upholstery, lots 
>of upgrades) isn't worth the scrap metal price. 
>In 2012 I sold my '85 Weekender which I had done 
>A LOT of work to for $5,500.00. A few months 
>later when I started to look for another Westy, 
>ones equal to mine were all $10K and up. I 
>posted my disgust here. One listee was kind 
>enough to email me and tell me I was an idiot to 
>have sold mine so cheap, that he had never sold 
>one for less than 10K. (If I never responded, 
>please let me take the time now to thank this 
>individual for taking time from his busy day to 
>insult me) As luck would have it, the buyer of 
>mine contacted me and told me had to sell, would 
>I want it back for what he had paid (he had it 6 
>months and had driven it 300 miles. Hell yeah!! 
>I bought it back two days later for 
>$5,500.00.�  Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> > Oh, sorry. Was using my "safe for TV" judgment.
> > And apparently I should have said OBO as 25k seems a bit too high for
> > some.