Date:         Fri, 14 Apr 2006 22:38:02 -0700
Reply-To:     Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
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From:         Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: 30K syncro
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Dunno if I believe this has much to do with karma- I certainly don't think
it's stealing unless he actively tries to hornswoggle some doofus. I know
he's been a little liberal with his presentation already but that's kind of
the nature of used car transactions. The buyer does have some responsibility
to educate himself.
I suppose it's a good thing he hasn't latched onto the sale of the Go Westy
red van... then he could point to that and say 'hey, it's only half of that
one...' For that matter you could probably make the white one match the red
one in features for less than the difference.
He's probably right, tho. Somebody with enough money as not to care will buy
it for a toy. There are bras, shoes, turntables, all kinds of crap that cost
more than that van that sell all the time. Go figure.

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "River Clan" <ri@RIVERCLAN.ORG>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: 30K syncro


>I wrote the guy, and said "Wow man, your price is about 10k high!",
> and sent him to Samba for a reality check.
>
> He wrote back and said "Yeh, your right, but some crazy rich
> californian might want one that bad".
>
> Blew me away. I believe in the law of karma, that if we try to steal
> from others, people will try to steal from us. I guess I have always
> been a "Buy High, Sell Low" kinda person. ; )
>
> I bet his next car is gonna be REAL Expensive!
>
>
> Ri
>
>
>
> On Apr 13, 2006, at 11:31 PM, Jeff Oxroad wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 4/13/2006 11:01:06 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>> nobleman1962@YAHOO.COM writes:
>>
>>> "We  are going to look at offers from $33,000 until the end of
>>> April 2006.
>> If you  are >wondering why anyone would pay 30 large for a 15 year
>> old VW Bus,
>> then  this is >obviously not the vehicle for you. Serious
>> inquiries  only"
>>
>>> Now that is a pretentious out right offensive  statement.
>>
>> Yeah, I have a "serious inquiry" for the guy. Have you sought
>> psychological
>> help?
>>
>> I can't figure it out and I don't want to pin it on Californians,
>> but there
>> is a very strange thing that goes on out here. And I have only seen it
>> here--never back east where I used to live.
>>
>> People out here (not all of them of course) put their vehicles up
>> for sale
>> when they have absolutally no desire to sell them. It's odd, and I
>> wonder why
>> it  happens here--I dare say frequently--and I never noticed such a
>> thing back
>> east.
>>
>> On my block here in LA there is a Ford Escort with a FOR SALE sign
>> and has
>> been for sale  for over 2 years! I wish I were kidding. The asking
>> price is
>> $3800 and in the best of times it's worth about half that. But
>> still a  detailed
>> sign in the window highlighting it's "features".
>>
>> When I lived in Burbank for two years there was a Ford pick up for
>> sale for
>> the two years I lived there. Again this one had the detailed For
>> Sale sign.
>> There's an overpriced 90s Passat up in Hollywood that's been
>> overpriced with a
>> For Sale sign on it for the better part of a year. This For Sale
>> sign shows
>> the  blue book value and asks about $100 below that. But again
>> overpriced--it's
>> not  in excellent condition and has a boatload of miles. Clean enough.
>> Probably worth  half of what's being asked. But there's no matter
>> because it's not
>> really for  sale.
>>
>> Another Toyota I looked at with a friend was overpriced and  then
>> I  saw it
>> for about a year--still "for sale!"
>>
>> I think in all fareness if you put a For Sale sign on something
>> you  should
>> be somewhat interested in letting go of it for a fair price.
>> There's  something
>> wrong with these people, and I can't quite put my finger on it.
>>
>> Is it the pleasure of teasing? The delusion of knowing the "real
>> value",
>> when in fact the real value is what someone is offering--not what
>> you're  asking.
>>
>> And I agree, I don't know the guy who is selling the $33K bus, but
>> the ad  is
>> condescending not only in the asking price.
>>
>> Best,
>> Jeff
>> 83.5 Westy
>> LA,CA
>>