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 Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:42 am Post subject: Re: Example of Overpriced Ghias & Ghia Parts |
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$50 for the wheel
$275 for the horn ring and cover
$25 for the Loren's horn kit
$300 to recast and paint
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Loren
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| Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:24 am Post subject: Re: Example of Overpriced Ghias & Ghia Parts |
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| Over priced for sure, especially for a 4 row grill. Airhead Parts makes a fantastic reproduction for $50 and you can't tell the difference from an original one when it's installed. |
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Marcdeb
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| EverettB wrote: |
This seller appears to have a lot of very expensive parts.
Looking at some of his other ads, a lot of them are 3x what I've seen for identical parts in recent history. |
I realize Ghia's are climbing in value, but that price might be more believable if it was for a Porsche 356.
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EverettB
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| Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:13 pm Post subject: Re: Example of Overpriced Ghias & Ghia Parts |
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| John Moxon wrote: |
| EverettB wrote: |
This seller appears to have a lot of very expensive parts.
Looking at some of his other ads, a lot of them are 3x what I've seen for identical parts in recent history. |
He's either very rich...sells everything...or very poor...desperate to sell something expensive.  |
I can't speak to this seller but I know there are a few people that list everything super high.
They only have to sell a couple things and they are fine with it because they already made 10-20x what they paid.
When I sell stuff, I prefer to deal in volume. 
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| Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:22 am Post subject: Re: Example of Overpriced Ghias & Ghia Parts |
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| Marcdeb wrote: |
| I realize Ghia's are climbing in value, but that price might be more believable if it was for a Porsche 356. |
That's the thing I like least about my 356 project.. the silly prices for basic things.
Nicholas |
They are like building an entire car out of early Westfalia parts.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 10:22 am Post subject: Re: Example of Overpriced Ghias & Ghia Parts |
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| Loren wrote: |
| Over priced for sure, especially for a 4 row grill. Airhead Parts makes a fantastic reproduction for $50 and you can't tell the difference from an original one when it's installed. |
John Copello makes a beautiful billet aluminum repro also. $75
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| Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:51 pm Post subject: Re: Example of Overpriced Ghias & Ghia Parts |
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Yes, I just got the Copello grill. It’s excellent and holds the speaker firm.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 6:13 am Post subject: Re: Example of Overpriced Ghias & Ghia Parts |
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Does anybody have an idea of what these things are worth?
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2457195
I spent hours on line hunting and I can't find them in any of the usual places.
The only thing I found was one entry in the "What Is This Part?" thread here in the Ghia forum.
Maybe I don't know what to call them?
Maybe they are worth a huge amount?
Maybe they belong in the trash bin? |
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Loren
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 7:30 pm Post subject: Re: Example of Overpriced Ghias & Ghia Parts |
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| That looks like a reasonable price to start. If they don't sell in a month lower the price. |
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| Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2021 1:50 pm Post subject: Re: Example of Overpriced Ghias & Ghia Parts |
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how about $276.44 Plus freight cough, cough... where is that cliff?
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My Interwebs tell me it is $236.99
Offer him $235.
It's kinda like Real Estate------NEVER offer full asking price. |
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Someone talk me off the cliff, tell me this is like $20 bucks.