Maty;  I am miffed by why people use the Blue Book.  I don't believe it is a
reliable anything.  Dealers don't pay those prices.  Informed consumers
don't pay those prices.  Here, banks don't even lend those prices.  I payed
$2910 for my 84 suitcase at a ford dealer.  Fair price-you bet.  Cheap
price-perhaps.

The best guide I've seen, is a little known one called the Black Book.  Its
a wholesale guide that dealers use and contains prices that are real for
vehicles sold at auction.   With the internet, why would anyone pay more
than a true auction price?   Good Luck

davidb
johns are for flushing
84 yellow suitcase

Marty Wallace wrote:

> Volks-
>
> Other than references like the Kelley Blue Book or the NADA book, is
> there some (better) database of current actual selling prices for VW
> Buses &  Vanagons?
>
> If no such database exists, could we start one?  Perhaps here?
>
> I'm seriously considering selling my '84 Westy, but I have no idea of
> what price to ask.  I don't want to be one of those jerks who prices it
> WAY too high, hoping that someone MIGHT be dumb enough...  However, I
> don't want to give it away, either.
>
> I'd like to advertise it at the "fair" price (okay, okay...flame away,
> I'm ready and I know that this is impossible to establish), and skip all
> that dickering bulls***.  Interesting concept, huh?
>
> I think that I'm going to "ask" the KBB.com price, and indicate that the
> price is firm (again, unless there is some problem discovered during
> inspection).
>
> Marty Wallace, 1984 Wolfsberg Westfalia (for sale)
> Chico, California
>
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