Believe me, people often pay close to those prices ($15k-$25k, not the
ridiculous ones), and you have to be really lucky to find one around here at
a lower price.

We missed out on one by about 30 minutes because the CL alert was too slow.
It was a '91 one owner with 75k for $9000.  An old guy in a small town who
just wasn't using it, and had no idea what it was worth.  We offered
$12,000, but he wanted to honor the first respondent, who was two hours
away. We hoped he wouldn't show, but he's a happy camper now!

A collector auction is the wrong place to sell that van, it's a driver, not
a collector car.  Seller paid 8% to BJ, and the buyer paid them 10%.  So,
the seller netted $7084, and the buyer paid $8470. Pathetic.  I'll be
checking GW and PTH for this van.

Stuart

From: JordanVw@aol.com [mailto:JordanVw@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 10:32 AM
To: stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Who got the auctioned '87 Westy for $7700?

wow..  that's pathetic for a barrett jackson auctioned vehicle..

just proves my point that the Samba prices/GpWesty prices are ridiculously
overpriced

In a message dated 3/10/2015 12:57:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM writes:

http://www.barrettjackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1987-VOLKSWAGEN-VANAGON-C
AMPER-180919