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EverettB 
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crofty
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 Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2019 9:11 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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This seems super high to me given that:
1. It doesn't include the center drink tray
2. I bought a nicer long panel for less about a year ago, which is wayyy harder to find. |
East Coast Bias prices.
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chris henry
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| Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2019 10:15 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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| crofty wrote: |
| EverettB wrote: |
This seems super high to me given that:
1. It doesn't include the center drink tray
2. I bought a nicer long panel for less about a year ago, which is wayyy harder to find. |
East Coast Bias prices. |
I just bought a very nice one with center drink tray and all the chrome for $200. this guy is out of his mind |
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obus
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Busstom
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| Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2019 6:59 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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| obus wrote: |
| chris henry wrote: |
| crofty wrote: |
| EverettB wrote: |
This seems super high to me given that:
1. It doesn't include the center drink tray
2. I bought a nicer long panel for less about a year ago, which is wayyy harder to find. |
East Coast Bias prices. |
I just bought a very nice one with center drink tray and all the chrome for $200. this guy is out of his mind |
<snip> Odds are he got it at a show for 10 bucks and put it out at the same show for the same price it is now. |
Roughly the same proportions of cost-to-asking-price for the crumpled, buckled sieve-like rusty baskets that are dredged from forests and swamps on a weekly basis and photographed for sale here before they're even strapped to the trailer. Albeit, as some around here opine, "they're doing the community a favor by bringing them to market." |
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chris henry
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| Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2019 10:07 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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| Busstom wrote: |
| obus wrote: |
| chris henry wrote: |
| crofty wrote: |
| EverettB wrote: |
This seems super high to me given that:
1. It doesn't include the center drink tray
2. I bought a nicer long panel for less about a year ago, which is wayyy harder to find. |
East Coast Bias prices. |
I just bought a very nice one with center drink tray and all the chrome for $200. this guy is out of his mind |
<snip> Odds are he got it at a show for 10 bucks and put it out at the same show for the same price it is now. |
Roughly the same proportions of cost-to-asking-price for the crumpled, buckled sieve-like rusty baskets that are dredged from forests and swamps on a weekly basis and photographed for sale here before they're even strapped to the trailer. Albeit, as some around here opine, "they're doing the community a favor by bringing them to market." |
The best line of his ad "if you want a tracking number ad $3. If not no tracking number will be provided" WTF???  Last time I checked tracking numbers are provided for FREE. It takes about 30 seconds to snap a picture of the receipt and send it out in an email. You want to be paid extra for something that is just a common business courtesy? |
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campingbox
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| Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2019 10:33 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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| obus wrote: |
| chris henry wrote: |
| crofty wrote: |
| EverettB wrote: |
This seems super high to me given that:
1. It doesn't include the center drink tray
2. I bought a nicer long panel for less about a year ago, which is wayyy harder to find. |
East Coast Bias prices. |
I just bought a very nice one with center drink tray and all the chrome for $200. this guy is out of his mind |
Legendary East Coast Flipper. Odds are he got it at a show for 10 bucks and put it out at the same show for the same price it is now. |
I think you would be hard pressed to get $10/pair for those at a vw swap meet. |
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notchboy
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| Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 8:08 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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| campingbox wrote: |
| obus wrote: |
| chris henry wrote: |
| crofty wrote: |
| EverettB wrote: |
This seems super high to me given that:
1. It doesn't include the center drink tray
2. I bought a nicer long panel for less about a year ago, which is wayyy harder to find. |
East Coast Bias prices. |
I just bought a very nice one with center drink tray and all the chrome for $200. this guy is out of his mind |
Legendary East Coast Flipper. Odds are he got it at a show for 10 bucks and put it out at the same show for the same price it is now. |
I think you would be hard pressed to get $10/pair for those at a vw swap meet. |
I think it was an arbitrary cynical joking comment about the $10 and not meant to be literal. 
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obus
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Lind
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| Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 9:15 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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| notchboy wrote: |
| campingbox wrote: |
| obus wrote: |
| chris henry wrote: |
| crofty wrote: |
| EverettB wrote: |
This seems super high to me given that:
1. It doesn't include the center drink tray
2. I bought a nicer long panel for less about a year ago, which is wayyy harder to find. |
East Coast Bias prices. |
I just bought a very nice one with center drink tray and all the chrome for $200. this guy is out of his mind |
Legendary East Coast Flipper. Odds are he got it at a show for 10 bucks and put it out at the same show for the same price it is now. |
I think you would be hard pressed to get $10/pair for those at a vw swap meet. |
I think it was an arbitrary cynical joking comment about the $10 and not meant to be literal. |
I have taken piles of original door panels to swap meets, and people won't buy them for any price unless they are nice or have nice trim strips on them. The people with low standards don't usually pay much, and have usually already found cheap junk to bolt onto their bus.
These panels might clean up to look decent, but they still wouldn't sell for much and it probably wouldn't be worth the time to do it.
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Clara
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| Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 11:45 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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| Lind wrote: |
| notchboy wrote: |
| campingbox wrote: |
| obus wrote: |
| chris henry wrote: |
| crofty wrote: |
| EverettB wrote: |
This seems super high to me given that:
1. It doesn't include the center drink tray
2. I bought a nicer long panel for less about a year ago, which is wayyy harder to find. |
East Coast Bias prices. |
I just bought a very nice one with center drink tray and all the chrome for $200. this guy is out of his mind |
Legendary East Coast Flipper. Odds are he got it at a show for 10 bucks and put it out at the same show for the same price it is now. |
I think you would be hard pressed to get $10/pair for those at a vw swap meet. |
I think it was an arbitrary cynical joking comment about the $10 and not meant to be literal. |
I have taken piles of original door panels to swap meets, and people won't buy them for any price unless they are nice or have nice trim strips on them. The people with low standards don't usually pay much, and have usually already found cheap junk to bolt onto their bus.
These panels might clean up to look decent, but they still wouldn't sell for much and it probably wouldn't be worth the time to do it.
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I sold a bunch of og door/wall panels at an OCTO show. That worked pretty well.
People mostly want the front door panels. People also want the colours which were not reproed.
The side bulkhead panels don't tend to go missing. I would be happy to sell some for $10 ea + shipping. Como green, mesh grey, mesh platinum, I think I even have some caramel side bulkhead panels.
I may be bringing out og panels to shows this year, though. But it may not be worth the hassle. |
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EverettB
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obus
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BarryL
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| Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 6:40 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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| Sliding High Roof; isn't that rare? |
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Who.Me?
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Strange that it's right hand drive.
I could imagine a private owner/business importing a used one from the UK (RHD) to avoid Swiss new-car taxes, but I'd expect their postal service would be ordering new from VW.
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Bruce Amacker
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notchboy
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Clara
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| Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2019 8:31 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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Strange that it's right hand drive.
I could imagine a private owner/business importing a used one from the UK (RHD) to avoid Swiss new-car taxes, but I'd expect their postal service would be ordering new from VW. |
Ex Swiss postal hightop bus. Sliding door right RHD hightop. I think that was a thing.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d...oM5eTZm-JE |
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Who.Me?
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| Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2019 9:28 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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Is this because they're 'multi-stop' vans and each property has its own collection/delivery mail box, so it's safer to drive a wrong-handed van than to keep stepping out in to traffic?
In the UK, most of our post is delivered on foot and collected from a a street-corner post box, so mail vans don't stop that often.
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BarryL
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| Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2019 11:43 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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| What are the tubes on either side of the heater tree? |
What he ^^^ asked. I think extra powerful defrost gizmo unless they are pee tubes (wild guess).
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| Sliding High Roof; isn't that rare? |
What he ^^^ asked?
Saw all the Clara pics so I'm thinking not that rare. |
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