Date:         Fri, 8 Feb 2019 09:04:31 -0700
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Subject:      Re: how to earn REASONABLE $$$ and it includes selling VW camper
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        I'll 2nd That, What DDB said !

                        ORR ~ DeanB


On 8 Feb , 2019, at 7:41 AM, ddbjorkman@verizon.net wrote:

> Great life story Raimund.  I got some cheer from this also.Happy Trails.Dave B.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raimund Feussner <ray@V6BUS.DE>
> To: vanagon <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thu, Feb 7, 2019 5:34 pm
> Subject: Re: how to earn REASONABLE $$$ and it includes selling VW camper PARTS
> 
> Long sentimental story:
> I have bought TWO Vanagons in my life, both I plan on keeping forever.
> My current profit is: Their value increases as we
> speak/write/wait....whatever.
> Itīs not actual money I have in my wallet, but itīs money I COULD have
> if needed *fingers crossed*
> 
> I also bought one or two dozens, in the 2000s, to part out and make a
> living from parts. Yes, in Germany that was possible (student life)!
> I did make profit with those, but the parting-out days are over. Buying
> those got expensive..too much invest, less revenue!
> Back then, Vanagon parts brought me through my Twenties, early Thirties!
> They paid university, and they paid the two vans mentioned above.
> 
> A big help were my 4-disc vented brakes, which were quite a success in
> Europe. And again, supported me through university.
> Selling brakes, the Vanagon supported me big time, through 2001-2016.
> 
> It didnīt pay me a house, or a family, but got me through times where a
> usual university student would struggle!
> Thatīs all over, I earn money now. So I keep those two Vanagons, not
> only for the sentimental thought, but just because they are awesome
> ...and I built them!
> 
> I just cheered myself up with this, thanks!
> 
> Regards
> Raimund
> 
> 
> Am 07.02.2019 um 01:54 schrieb The Bus Depot:
>>> You'd never catch me saying making a huge
>>> profit and vanagon in the same sentence
>> 
>> Well I make a huge profit on Vanagons ... well, okay, maybe not huge, but a profit at least ...  :-)
>> 
>> If nothing else it beats the loss I took on them before I started the Depot - and it gives me a plausible excuse for spending so much time on my hobby!
>> 
>> Ron Salmon
>> The Bus Depot, Inc.
>> www.busdepot.com