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PostPosted: Thu Jul 15, 2021 5:41 am    Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale Reply with quote

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What a fuckin' disaster. All that work. Only upside's no one burned to death.
Shit. An enormous winged dollar sign, floating away never to return.


That’s sig material, there.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 7:54 pm    Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale Reply with quote

Seems shady, selling stuff he does not actually own..

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2485643
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 5:52 am    Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale Reply with quote

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Seems shady, selling stuff he does not actually own..

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2485643



Or the interested UK Buyers can just google the name of the business and city that are clearly shown in the ad and bi-pass the middle man.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 6:06 am    Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale Reply with quote

But better have "money." I guess that means can't get them for salt or some beads...
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:19 am    Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale Reply with quote

plus, i think there was a thread on Tom Toms and that place is long gone

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=100704

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may not be long gone, but a shell of it's former self
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 8:02 am    Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale Reply with quote

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Seems shady, selling stuff he does not actually own..

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2485643



Or the interested UK Buyers can just google the name of the business and city that are clearly shown in the ad and bi-pass the middle man.


Agreed. That does seem weirdly lazy to post the images, but not bother to crop the address out. If there was a potential to make a buck, you just boned yourself there. Plus, the whole tone of the ad seems hostile.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 1:42 pm    Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale Reply with quote

Hey I'd love to represent items I don't own to suckers, except I have ethics. Not sure if this type of ad is even allowed.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:18 pm    Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale Reply with quote

I have emailed this person about this ad as it seemed very sketchy, especially since his location is nowhere near the location of that "known" VW shop/junkyard
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 1:04 pm    Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale Reply with quote

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Asking $42k for a better-than-average Riviera, not original interior,
and comes with a list of recommended repairs...

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2487007

"Serious offers only."
Ummmm.... don't hold your breath.

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 4:32 pm    Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale Reply with quote

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Asking $42k for a better-than-average Riviera, not original interior,
and comes with a list of recommended repairs...

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2487007

"Serious offers only."
Ummmm.... don't hold your breath.


$20,000 could be considered a serious offer. Probably a fair one too.

I'll admit, few things drive me crazier than ads that list things like "Needs a new cap and rotor". For a 2x top-dollar Bus, the little things should be taken care of. It's faster to replace them, than to type out that they need to be done.
Also, saying the engine was rebuilt 15 years ago isn't necessarily a plus. The pessimist in me sees that as "Engine needs to be rebuilt", unless it's supported with documentation of low miles since then.

Maybe I'm just too negative...
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 4:54 pm    Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale Reply with quote

"Needs new cap and rotor" means "not quite running like it should and don't know why, so I'm guessing the easy things."
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 5:13 pm    Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale Reply with quote

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"Needs new cap and rotor" means "not quite running like it should and don't know why, so I'm guessing the easy things."


Have to agree, that is so simple you would go buy those 2 things.

Plus how do you know it's cap & rotor?
Caps rarely fail without some obvious crack or damage or the little center pin falling out and getting lost
Rotor you could test the resistance/continuity to see if it's bad but I can't remember ever having one fail unless it literally broke or looked burned on top
Rotor failure would be it won't run at all, right?
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 11:29 am    Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale Reply with quote

Just got off the phone on this one.

https://albany.craigslist.org/pts/d/east-hampton-1977-volkswagen-bus/7361196973.html

Took a minute for him to tell me he is asking $2800 which in his opinion is a fair price and that he also has had a lot of interest in it at that price.

When I said I’m out at that price level, he promptly hung up on me before I could even finish my sentence. I’m ok with that, I’ve got thick skin. What bothers me is that that might be a “ fair” price.

I sure as hope not considering it’s condition. And if it is “ fair”, then I’ve been scoring some real sweet deals up till now.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:28 pm    Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale Reply with quote

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And if it is “ fair”, then I’ve been scoring some real sweet deals up till now.

Hey... it includes the middle seat! ...in "fair" condition.
That's worth the price right there. Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:37 pm    Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale Reply with quote

Tough to say from the pics. If it really was solid and rust free as he says that might be fair - but, it is a sitting in wet New England with no glass and no door.....

The ad is 6 days old - has anyone shown up with cash yet?
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 3:09 pm    Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale Reply with quote

Could not get that for the pile if they were running, driving. Totally unreasonable
for parts Bus's

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 5:54 pm    Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale Reply with quote

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Jetfxr69 wrote:
And if it is “ fair”, then I’ve been scoring some real sweet deals up till now.

Hey... it includes the middle seat!


That looks like the rear seat in the wrong position.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 12, 2021 5:32 pm    Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale Reply with quote

Jetfxr69 wrote:
Just got off the phone on this one.

https://albany.craigslist.org/pts/d/east-hampton-1977-volkswagen-bus/7361196973.html

Took a minute for him to tell me he is asking $2800 which in his opinion is a fair price and that he also has had a lot of interest in it at that price.

When I said I’m out at that price level, he promptly hung up on me before I could even finish my sentence. I’m ok with that, I’ve got thick skin. What bothers me is that that might be a “ fair” price.

I sure as hope not considering it’s condition. And if it is “ fair”, then I’ve been scoring some real sweet deals up till now.


I looked at that shell last year, it was in my home town, Canton Ct., it is a bit rough, and that is a 3 person middle seat, about the only good thing with that bus. The dash is long gone, and it has been sitting a while w/out glass outside....
I'm sure he has a bunch of interest in the Bus, FB flippers are ravenous for Buses, and their FB prices are a fucken JOKE... Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 12, 2021 6:47 pm    Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale Reply with quote

^^^^^

sad thing is, he'll probably get it.

i was embarrassed to admit i paid 800 for the parts bus behind my house back when i built my deluxe in '13-'14.

unless you know someone or something....the days of the cheap bus is over.

based on current trends, any project (vw or otherwise) is going to be 2k minimum. these are the 500.00 projects we remember from years ago. welcome to inflation/supply and demand
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 13, 2021 3:30 pm    Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale Reply with quote

crukab wrote:
Jetfxr69 wrote:
Just got off the phone on this one.

https://albany.craigslist.org/pts/d/east-hampton-1977-volkswagen-bus/7361196973.html

Took a minute for him to tell me he is asking $2800 which in his opinion is a fair price and that he also has had a lot of interest in it at that price.

When I said I’m out at that price level, he promptly hung up on me before I could even finish my sentence. I’m ok with that, I’ve got thick skin. What bothers me is that that might be a “ fair” price.

I sure as hope not considering it’s condition. And if it is “ fair”, then I’ve been scoring some real sweet deals up till now.





I looked at that shell last year, it was in my home town, Canton Ct., it is a bit rough, and that is a 3 person middle seat, about the only good thing with that bus. The dash is long gone, and it has been sitting a while w/out glass outside....
I'm sure he has a bunch of interest in the Bus, FB flippers are ravenous for Buses, and their FB prices are a fucken JOKE... Laughing


Probably why he was quick to hang up on me. As i was telling him that was too rich for my taste, and that i know the true value of these, because i have a few, ……..dial tone.

How bout those two westy’s that were down in Bennington for $4500/ea? Was watching that ad for a couple weeks and now its gone. Was about a 4+hr ride for me, so wasn’t that interested until price broke.

I thought I stretched a little too far on my last 77 westy buy at $1700, but it was all original, deluxe camper, with all the ecoutremonts, so based on this other shit, I’m feeling better about it.
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