Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:01:47 -0500
Reply-To: JP <jpbeauch@GMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: JP <jpbeauch@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Looking to buy a brand new Vanagon Westfalia?
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Ron,
I'm not only a lisy member but i'm also a client of Bus Depot.
Have you read my previous post about this guy?
It's a scam...i'm almost 99% sure.
The guy import a lot of Vanagon and ALWAY make them looks fine (cosmetic)
but even then.....theyre not!, if you look carfully you will see all the
defaults. He's burned here in Quebec and that's why he's trying to sell them
outside of our province.
I've tried to buy a van from him a couple of years ago (2-3 years) and when
I got there to try the van he gave me all king of excuses not to let me try
it.
First he told me that the snow outside prevent me from driving it
Then he told me that he didn't have the keys, (his partner had them)
I've insisted and then He found the keys. When he did, he tried to start the
van but it would'nt start
He didn't have the paper either (titles etc...)
And a lot of things weren't working like the fridge and so on.........
He had all kind of excuses and explanation for everything. You kkow the type
of guy I'm referring to!
Well a couple of months later I've heard VIA the local member list (yahoo
group) from another buyer to whom it happens the same thing. The guy didn't
have the keys or the titles and so on.
If you still want me to go I can but my guess is that it would be for
nothing.
Cheers
JP
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Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:35:34 -0500
From: The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Subject: Re: Looking to buy a brand new Vanagon Westfalia?
> Sorry but they stopped making them a long time ago so this
> may be as close as you get. I found this one on e-bay, a 1990
> Westfalia with under 19 000 miles on it. Looks like it's
> never been camping. The fridge has never even been set up.
> It's up here in Canada somewhere just not sure where but my
> guess is Quebec.
>
> I would go buy this one myself but after somehow talking my
> wife into letting me stretch my 91 I think I have to look for
> a new wife.
Any list members happen to live near there (Terrebone, Quebec)? If I decide
I'm seriously interested, it would be nice to have a pair of eyes actually
look at the van for me and confirm that it's as clean as claimed. I need to
replace my tree-destroyed '89, and am looking for a nearly-mint Westy. I'm
not in a huge rush (in fact I'm in the process of buying a '95 Eurovan
camper to hold me over, so I can bide my time and find the perfect Vanagon).
But this one looks like it might be a good candidate, if the seller seems
honest, the bidding doesn't get too absurd, and reimporting isn't too
difficult/expensive. (It was originally U.S. titled, maybe that helps?)
- Ron Salmon
The Bus Depot, Inc.
www.busdepot.com
(215) 234-VWVW
