Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 11:15:46 -0500
Reply-To: Tolga Morawski <tolga@MAC.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Tolga Morawski <tolga@MAC.COM>
Subject: E-bay protest (Do not buy from vanagon killers) aka you snooze,
you loose
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I have to agree with the posters that eBay is a good thing for us Vanagon
owners. If something is over-priced don't buy it but eBay has made a lot
of expensive and hard to find parts that much more accessible. Sure
there is some gouging but if you do your homework you can discern what's
a fair price and what's not. It's a case of throwing the baby out with
the bath water if you boycott the whole thing. It's not easy to sell a
bunch of parts (we've all got those extras!) over the list, eBay makes it
much simpler. It sounds like the root of your problem wasn't even eBay,
just that you didn't clear your space quick enough. The guy sounded like
he wanted to get rid of asap and taking a few weeks to get it probably
made him find another option. Better luck next time....
>Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 08:26:43 -0500
>From: Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
>Subject: Re: E-bay protest (Do not buy from vanagon killers)
>
>This is an interesting twist, but not reality. In the scrap yards
>that I've been in, Vanagons sit for years, because every bit
>sells out of them, where as other brands, go to the crusher
>years earlier. As for this Vanagon, it would have sold on
>the List server after someone got it running for a minimum
>of $4000.00. Please do not buy E-bay Vanagon parts
>
> ERic
>
>>I had my eye on a Vanagon camper Diesel that sat
>>for years. THe owner called a month or so ago,
>>and said he is done with it, come get it. I told him I had to
>>make room. Last saturday, I learned he had sold it
>>to a guy that is dismantling Vanagons only. So I went out
>>to see this guy who bought my Vanagon. He
>>clearly said to me, "Vanagons are worth a ton
>>more in parts than they will ever be worth
>>in running condition.
>> Now this one that I was interested in was a camper.
>>I plan to clean it up and use it. It had very little
>>rust on it, and needed a ton of cleaning, but in
>>no time I would have been bringing it back to
>>life. He claims without E-bay there would be
>>no money in Vanagons and it would be mine.
>> See the connection. E-bay has done the Vanagon
>>world a great injustice. I would like to suggest
>>that we all protest E-bay and DO NOT PURCHASE
>>VANAGON PART ON E-BAY!
>> I'm done, stepping down off the soap box.
>> Eric
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