Date:         Tue, 8 May 2007 11:42:57 EDT
Reply-To:     JordanVw@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         JordanVw@AOL.COM
Subject:      Re: Editorial opinion:  VW Collectors..Probable unpopular
              veiw..delete now or...
Comments: To: dhanson@GORGE.NET
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maybe you havent seen the split window buses that sell for $50 grand...

oh wait..  go westy is already selling vanagons for that much :<)




In a message dated 5/7/07 5:10:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dhanson@GORGE.NET
writes:


> I was thinking about the recent Syncro FS down in Florida.  Someone
> commented something like.."Well, sheesh, why didn't "mr. X" buy it and turn around
> and re-list it for a quick profit?"..."Because the seller obviously doesn't
> know that syncros sell for big bucks, check out the Samba, etc etc."
>   I dunno about that kinda attitude.  I mean, making a buck, yeah, we all
> have to do that, ok?  But buying and selling something that is best "used",
> that seems a little "off" to me.  Vanagons aren't friggin' soy bean futures, to
> be bought and sold, maybe even from a distance, simply to create positive
> cash flow for one who happens to have some investment funds.
>
>    If one speculates on a useful item..car, tool, whatever..and helps to
> inflate  the value so that that type item becomes "too expensive to actually
> use for the purpose it was created for" that item then becomes a "Collector's
> Item" only(for the average human).   That's is not very good for people who
> actually like to use the_____________(whatever it is).  When Vanagons become
> collector cars and The Collectors give us a hard time for ..Gasp! Actually
> driving one through some brush or out onto a...road...That'll be a sad day, IMHO.
>
>   Flame away...if you must, Don Hanson




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