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Date:         Wed, 20 Feb 2002 09:13:43 -0600
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Interesting Westfalia Dometic condiment on ebay (ANVCW)
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I have been frequenting about seven wrecking yards within about 120 miles of Dallas Texas for the past seven years colecting parts to restore 80-83 Westfalia. About six months ago I found that the most desirable NLA Air Cooled parts were being sold off before I could get them. Previously I had almost no competition for Vanagon Air Cooled parts and I only bought what I had an immediate need for. I didn't expect these yard owners to hold inventory for my private purchasing but when I questioned the yard owners they told me that a guy in a Ford Pickup truck was buying up all of the parts. As far as I could tell by the parts missing from the salvage vehicles: IE, instrument clusters, fuel pumps, oil filler tubes, heater flappers, sliding door handles, AFMs , Grills, Tail Light and Turn lenses. After he got through getting all of the NLA and premo parts from the air cooled he started on the waser boxers. I'm not sure which E-bay seller he is but he's a pretty clever guy; he never got anything that couldn't be shipped UPS and he never cut any wirelooms or destroyed parts getting his items. The point of the telling of this story is simply, *If you see it in a wrecking yard and its a part prone to failure, you better get it while you can*.

Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westfalia -------------- Snip --------------- > Someone is forever selling the Westfalia pop-top labels on e-bay > starting them out at the BUS Depot price. > I know how that must feel, Bus Depot. > I sold something on e-bay and the high bidder offered it to the > Vanagon list for more. The > Enough already. How is this supposed to help the Vanagon community? > > I have had my share of disappointments on e-bay. But that's > auctions. > > Robert > 1982 Westfalia > 1987 Wolfsburg > > ----- Original Message ----- > Wrom: WLSZLKBRNVW > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 11:21 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Interesting Westfalia Dometic condiment on ebay (ANVCW) > absolutely NVCwha... > > I think that's the whole point. Some "hot" items sell on eBay for > way more > than they're worth. Look for a GPS and you'll find last years > models > selling for more than MSRP. VW parts? forgetaboudit. It's kind of > a shot > at eBay that a bottle of mustard is going for $55 million. Who > knows, it > might even be performance art. > > Unemployed Bum > > > At 10:23 AM 2/19/02 -0700, John Brush wrote: > > >> $210,000 for a plastic bottle of MUSTARD??!!?? > > >> > > >> What am I missing? > > >> > > > > >a sense of humor? ;<) > > > > > >You know, I think its funny in a way, but OTOH, since I use ebay a > lot, I > >may be a bit put off by the way people are abusing it with this > ridiculous > >product. According to the contract one agrees to in order to bid, > the > >corn-head that bid 500,1000,000.00 or whatever it is, is legally > liable > >for paying that amount. > > <SNIP>Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : > http://explorer.msn.com > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.


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