Hi everyone.

I'm a relative newcomer to the community.

I invested a huge amount of time/energy trolling Samba, Craigslist and Ebay
for a "good deal" before finally taking the plunge on a 1985 Weekender last
October.  I still periodically follow the various marketplaces - and remain
puzzled by the significant variability in "asking prices" - especially on
Samba.  I should probably disclose that I am a procurement professional by
day (which may explain my weird obsession with market pricing).

I suspect that most of us would be keen to have access to market data on
Vanagon prices.  Perhaps the more interesting question is whether there are
enough of us willing to disclose what we paid for our van(s).

I think it wouldn't be terribly difficult to manage such a database on an
anonymous basis.  There's no need to list names of buyers or sellers.

I'd certainly be willing to contribute the 'data' from my purchase - heck,
I'd even be happy to compile a database (assuming there's interest).

Anyone else interested?

Aaron

On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 9:50 AM, KIM BRENNAN <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:

> 2017 dollars are not the same as 1986 dollars….
>
>
> > On May 4, 2017, at 10:06 AM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone tracked what's happening with Vanagon values lately?
> >
> > This from the NADA BUYERS GUIDE. I pulled this up yesterday,
> >
> > 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon Carat
> >
> > May 1, 2015
> > Original MSRP  Low Retail  Average Retail    High Retail
> > $18735                 $4800            $8300                $15000
> >
> > May 1, 2017
> > $18735                 $6050             $10550              $18300
> >
> > Over a two year span this is terrific if you are selling, not so good if
> > you are buying. Of course all the real value is in what you sell or buy
> it
> > for!
> >
> > John
>