on 4/13/06 9:59 AM, John Bange at jbange@GMAIL.COM wrote: >> There needs to be a website listing all of the ridiculously priced vans >> that never ended up selling. Otherwise, people only are encouraged to >> push up their prices, and never the other way around. Eventually, I'd >> like to think I might be in the market for a early model Westfalia. I >> just hope that by then all the owners haven't lost their marbles like >> some of these guys.... > > > Yeah, I wish there WAS some way to track ACTUAL prices. The "sale price" > weirdness is pretty common everywhere, for anything. You see it on ebay all > For this I think the major instigator is none other than > GoWesty. On the one hand you have GoWesty selling 'em as fast as they can > get 'em at up to $70K (!), and on the other you have visually similar > vehicles languishing on samba for under $10K. I think too many people see > GoWesty prices and think they're just selling Vanagons, when really they're > selling a Vanagon plus some sort of guarantee. If you buy a syncro westy > from Joe Schmoe and it throws a rod 40 miles up the road despite Joe's > assurances it'd get you home no problem; I agree! Looking at this syncro westy on the samba: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=278602 Intrigues me as it is a very clean, stock, low mileage, in my area, etc. but the price isn't so much out of my range as more than I want to pay for one. It's been listed on the samba for almost 2 months & remains unsold. To high a price, not as clean as it looks, wrong time of year to sell???? Who knows? What is a realistic price for this, non CA. Syncro westy???? I don't want to insult the guy, but at the same time, don't want to continue the overprice trend that you see out there. I am patient, don't need another westy, but I do want a nice syncro westy for the fleet( probably have to sell the 84 to pay for it, keep the spousal unit) Tom-grass is always greener on the other side? |
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