Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 14:15:46 -0700
Reply-To: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Is it useful to post Craigslist ads here . . .
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Even if you ask, it's unlikely that they would tell you the truth.
I think the reasonable ones probably end up going for 5% to 10% less than asking, but anything good under $20k could sell for asking around here.
On my son's transaction asking was $13,500 for an '87 Westy with 150k, no rust, and a new GT transmission, and he settled for $12,750, basically because I told him the car tires he had were unsafe and I couldn't drive it to Seattle on them. He claimed he was into it $13,000, and I believe him. He only had it for nine months before they decided it wasn't right for them.
Stuart
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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Jim Felder
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 12:02 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Is it useful to post Craigslist ads here . . .
That's the most important thing to know, and the one thing you will never know about any of these sales.
Jim
On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@comcast.net>
wrote:
> Now it would be nice to know what they actually sell for .
>
>
> Stacy
>
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'd say a little discretion about what kind of ads you send along
> > to Vanagon is going to be appreciated here. Remember, this is a
> > mailing
> list
> > format and we all get all the messages...So outstanding deals,
> ridiculously
> > outlandish asking prices, weird and amusing modifications on FS
> > vans, things that might be of interest to the general
> > readership..those are probably interesting to most of us here,
> > yes...but seeing ads for average prices and average vanagons, ads
> > for vans around the world or across the US, that is not of interest
> > to some...We can all go to CL, the Samba, Autotrader...hundreds of
> > sites...and see those any time if we are interested...
> > That is my input...Send em..... for those $90k Syncros....makes me
> > laugh....skip em for the "asking $15k for '89 Westie, Needs
> > engine..located Maine, USA"...not of much interest to us on the West
> coast,
> > really..
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Julianna Elligsen
> > <mumbrue@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I love seeing them! This is how I got Ophelia! Someone mentioned
> > > that she was available in Louisiana, if anyone was looking!!! I
> > > was working only 6 hours away, so I gave a deposit, and drove over to take a look!
> > :)
> > > Got her for $1200! Engine fire, must have been put out quick,
> > > because didn't affect the interior! Full camper, but lots of
> > > engine work to be done, and a little seam rust to battle. I am
> > > having Kirk Meeks move Rastafalia's engine and transmission over sometime in the next month!
> > > Excited!
> > >
> > > Julianna
> > > 1991 VW Vanagon Westfalia (Ophelia)
> > > 1990 VW Vanagon Westfalia with Tiico Conversion (The Rastafalia)
> > > 1988 VW Vanagon (James)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Apr 6, 2015, at 11:23 AM, Peter Kraiker
> > > > <turbowesty@GMAIL.COM>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I say yes!
> > > >
> > > > Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> > > >> . . . for Vanagons for sale? I see a few every month here in
> > > >> the
> Bend,
> > > >> Oregon, region and wonder if posting the links would be
> > > >> helpful, or simply clutter things up?
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> > > >> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> > > >> Bend, Ore.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > Regards, Peter Kraiker
> > > > Website: Kraiker.Photography
> > > > <http://kraiker.photography><http://kraiker.photography>
> > > > Blog: NextChapter.Kraiker.ca <http://Nextchapter.kraiker.ca>
> > > > Cell: (416) 453-9142 Skype: pkraiker <http://www.getpostbox.com>
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> 1989 Swedish Tristar with Aluminum gates and Atiwe 16" Wheels.
> Oldest son is an Eagle scout.
>
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