Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 13:52:39 -0700
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: 88 Westy FS mystery
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Oh sure guys! He's flipping the van to make what - $500?
I doubt it. Besides, the phone number in the Ebay ad is the same as the
Craig's List ad, as is the ALL CAPS STYLE and the ad copy.
And Jeff, European delivery was a common choice for VW buyers, Westies
included.
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 12:46 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:
> > I've been to the auction and watched a car sell then saw that same
> > car on craigslist that evening. That craigslist ad came with a
> > cock-and-bull story about an inheritance and having used that car to
> > commute for months. The key for me was having to wait for the title,
> > I would have believed the advertisers story if I had not seen it sold
> > that day. Nothing wrong with turning a car fast but telling lies
> > about your history with it.
> >
> > I guess this craigslist ad doesn't make any claims that couldn't be
> > proven and it does not mention a title.
> >
> > As always, buyer beware.
> >
>
>
>
> With my Westy, seller verbally claimed he 'bought it at a fund raising
> event, (auction, raffle) and needed it gone cuz wife sez we can't
> afford it, needed the room etc.' In hindsight, likely he was a curber.
>
> More importantly, a curber who knew to flip it at a seasonally good
> time. Still. It ran fine.
>
> Re: CL ad in question. More clues: upper case in ad. Likely a trick to
> get attention. An experienced seller might do this. And some or all
> pics in CL ad look same as pics in eBay listing. Who's to say he
> didn't just get a high bid, not sell it, realize the seasonal market
> value, then list it for more on CL? I mean Lakewood isn't *that* far
> from Tacoma right?
>
> Even if CL seller won it off eBay, from eBay to CL in a heartbeat
> seems like business as usual to me. But like Rob says.....
>
> Neil.
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
>
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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van'
1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'
Crescent Beach, BC
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