Date:         Sat, 5 Jan 2002 22:13:05 -0800
Reply-To:     Jim Ellis <ellisjames@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Jim Ellis <ellisjames@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      SYNCHRO-ScottsdaleAZ-OK-Who nabbed it?
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Jim Ellis comes out of lurking again <oh joy!>:

OK, I have teeter-tottered for years dreaming of owning a SynchroWesty. Silly
reasons like Breeding the Kids, the Economy, my stagnant career, maintaining a
marriage for more that three years in a row, the usual twenty thousand dollars
for a 12 year old vehicle with 150,000 miles on the clock and a million other
'dumb' excuses have held me back.
Which leads me to today's story:
I was at a Buick dealership today checking out a landbarge '94 Estate wagon
with the Corvette motor. =) Quickly decided that was not what I wanted for the
price that they offered. =( Mentioned to the sales manager that what I really
was trolling for was one of those VW Vanagons with the 4 wheel drive. You know
the camper type... The guy stares at me slack jawed and then explains.

Last month (December, 2001) someone traded that exact thing in on a Buick.
'90-'91 SynchroWesty. They had no idea what they had and "appraised" it at
$9,000. Mr. Manager said that all of the sales staff in the Monday AM meeting
laughed appauled that the appraiser gave it that high of a price. They priced
it at $9k and plopped it on the internet. BAM! sold to the first person who
called followed by no less than 30 other calls that same day. The dealership
realized that they had misjudged the "white elephant".

Who from New York paid $9,000.00 for a dry Arizona full Westfalia Synchro and
flew out and drove it home from Pitre Buick in Scottsdale, AZ?
If true, it must have been the one day that I didn't check the ads. I think
that I'm going to quietly cry for a nanosecond and move on with life.
 Let me put the word out that if anyone else has another lowmilage full westy
bada** mechanically creampuff Synchro for $9,000 please send me an email.
Consideration given for a '67 SO42 Westy from hell and a '68 Puck trailer.
-Ellis
Phoenix,AZ

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