As a fellow BS owner, I hope you get thrice the price

On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Rob <vwrobb@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>

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Casey