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airschooled
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It's ok, the all-red fuses really compliment the fresh paint.
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crukab
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| Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:00 pm Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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Lots of Disclaimers in the ad for $35K.... 
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Anchovy
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 12:48 pm Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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| airschooled wrote: |
It's ok, the all-red fuses really compliment the fresh paint. |
16A fuses are much stronger anyway. 
This same bus was purchased on BAT in 2018. At that time it sold for $30K. The buyer, and now current seller, had to put a new motor and trans axle in it almost right away. I am really interested to see how this does the second time around. |
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notchboy
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 1:27 pm Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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| Anchovy wrote: |
| airschooled wrote: |
It's ok, the all-red fuses really compliment the fresh paint. |
16A fuses are much stronger anyway.
This same bus was purchased on BAT in 2018. At that time it sold for $30K. The buyer, and now current seller, had to put a new motor and trans axle in it almost right away. I am really interested to see how this does the second time around. |
What? 3OK?  And had to do all that. Shit, wonder what my turd would fetch.
It will be interesting to see what kind of bath will be taken.
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germansupplyscott
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 8:39 am Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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Am I the only person who finds this BAT style of description – where the writer anthropomorphizes every fucking part of the vehicle – absolutely grating? I cannot be the only person, please? Some day I plan to list a vehicle on BAT and bust out every haggard cliche in the history of BAT descriptions, and put them all in one single ad, just to see if anyone is paying attention.
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| White-finished 14″ steel wheels wear factory hubcaps and are wrapped in 175/65 Primewell PS830 tires up front and Starfire RS-C 2.0 rubber in back. |
Faaak, it makes my head hurt so much I can't even read these BAT vehicle ads any more.
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busdaddy
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 8:52 am Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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It's not just you...... , just be thankful they haven't figured out how to work in words like "artisanal" and "curated" into them yet (although I bet they would if they could). 
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Anchovy
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 9:36 am Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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| germansupplyscott wrote: |
Am I the only person who finds this BAT style of description – where the writer anthropomorphizes every fucking part of the vehicle – absolutely grating? I cannot be the only person, please? Some day I plan to list a vehicle on BAT and bust out every haggard cliche in the history of BAT descriptions, and put them all in one single ad, just to see if anyone is paying attention.
| Stupid BAT Pile Description wrote: |
| White-finished 14″ steel wheels wear factory hubcaps and are wrapped in 175/65 Primewell PS830 tires up front and Starfire RS-C 2.0 rubber in back. |
Faaak, it makes my head hurt so much I can't even read these BAT vehicle ads any more. |
Exactly! Their third-person narative, second-hand-information thing has my head spinning on who did, or said what. From a different auction:
"This 1994 BMW 850CSi is said to have remained with the original owner in Nevada until it was purchased by the current owner and subsequently relocated to Oklahoma in late 2020. This E31 850CSi shows 28k miles and is now offered at no reserve by the seller on behalf of the current owner in California with partial service records, a clean Carfax report, and a clean Oklahoma title."
Who's on first? |
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airschooled
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 10:07 am Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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Huh, I interviewed to be a writer for them but I just wasn’t wordy enough… I guess that says something 
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a smith
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 10:53 am Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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| Anchovy wrote: |
| germansupplyscott wrote: |
Am I the only person who finds this BAT style of description – where the writer anthropomorphizes every fucking part of the vehicle – absolutely grating? I cannot be the only person, please? Some day I plan to list a vehicle on BAT and bust out every haggard cliche in the history of BAT descriptions, and put them all in one single ad, just to see if anyone is paying attention.
| Stupid BAT Pile Description wrote: |
| White-finished 14″ steel wheels wear factory hubcaps and are wrapped in 175/65 Primewell PS830 tires up front and Starfire RS-C 2.0 rubber in back. |
Faaak, it makes my head hurt so much I can't even read these BAT vehicle ads any more. |
Exactly! Their third-person narative, second-hand-information thing has my head spinning on who did, or said what. From a different auction:
"This 1994 BMW 850CSi is said to have remained with the original owner in Nevada until it was purchased by the current owner and subsequently relocated to Oklahoma in late 2020. This E31 850CSi shows 28k miles and is now offered at no reserve by the seller on behalf of the current owner in California with partial service records, a clean Carfax report, and a clean Oklahoma title."
Who's on first? |
Stuff reads like a J Peterman catalog........ |
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babysnakes
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| Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 11:22 am Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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| a smith wrote: |
| Anchovy wrote: |
| germansupplyscott wrote: |
Am I the only person who finds this BAT style of description – where the writer anthropomorphizes every fucking part of the vehicle – absolutely grating? I cannot be the only person, please? Some day I plan to list a vehicle on BAT and bust out every haggard cliche in the history of BAT descriptions, and put them all in one single ad, just to see if anyone is paying attention.
| Stupid BAT Pile Description wrote: |
| White-finished 14″ steel wheels wear factory hubcaps and are wrapped in 175/65 Primewell PS830 tires up front and Starfire RS-C 2.0 rubber in back. |
Faaak, it makes my head hurt so much I can't even read these BAT vehicle ads any more. |
Exactly! Their third-person narative, second-hand-information thing has my head spinning on who did, or said what. From a different auction:
"This 1994 BMW 850CSi is said to have remained with the original owner in Nevada until it was purchased by the current owner and subsequently relocated to Oklahoma in late 2020. This E31 850CSi shows 28k miles and is now offered at no reserve by the seller on behalf of the current owner in California with partial service records, a clean Carfax report, and a clean Oklahoma title."
Who's on first? |
Stuff reads like a J Peterman catalog........ |
If you can't bewilder them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit. |
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Slip356
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 7:30 am Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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Baby snakes,
Well said! |
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Anchovy
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 1:20 pm Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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Wow, sold for $30K again. Sold on BAT in 2018 for the same. Looks like prices are leveling off. Time to get out! |
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notchboy
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 4:59 am Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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Wow, sold for $30K again. Sold on BAT in 2018 for the same. Looks like prices are leveling off. Time to get out! |
You first. I want to see what off brand ugly green campers go for before I offer up my grandma school bus combat shoe fat chick.
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germansupplyscott
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 8:08 am Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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Wow, sold for $30K again. Sold on BAT in 2018 for the same. Looks like prices are leveling off. Time to get out! |
IMO that sale would be significantly hampered by having been on BAT not long ago, engine failure etc. The vehicle is basically branded at that point. All else being equal and it having a good engine and never been sold on BAT before it would sell for more than what it just closed at.
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notchboy
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 9:56 am Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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| Anchovy wrote: |
Wow, sold for $30K again. Sold on BAT in 2018 for the same. Looks like prices are leveling off. Time to get out! |
IMO that sale would be significantly hampered by having been on BAT not long ago, engine failure etc. The vehicle is basically branded at that point. All else being equal and it having a good engine and never been sold on BAT before it would sell for more than what it just closed at. |
Great point.
And its being sold at the worst time - being trumped by last year maybe and selling at the end of the year before the holidays. Best time to get a good VW cheap is now into maybe early February.
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CanStan
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| Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:42 pm Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2505442
So, for $75 USD I can get about $40 worth of clutch and throttle cables shipped to me? They will probably fit in a padded envelope and ship as letter mail for about $5.
Also, add a $30 tip if you want them shipped anytime soon. |
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notchboy
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 5:37 am Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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 Oh it will cost more than $5 to ship that. More like $15.
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vwuguy 
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 8:09 am Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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oh joy i made it on here again yay don't forget to check out my parts.
cheers!
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CanStan
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 9:19 am Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2505442
you know i was trying to do something helpful and bundle them together for a fellow bus owner. Its very unkind of you to be this way to me i never did anything to you.
the individual pricing on each cable at cip1 is about $20 and if i order them at the local autozone napa there about $50 each so i think its a pretty decent deal for someone.
on the bottem of my ads it states
-shipping occurs asap normally same day on small items fridays or weekends on larger items..
I do send tracking info after each items sent thanks |
I don't know man. $50 for a throttle cable at NAPA? That's insane. But I guess some sucker somewhere must be willing to pay that?
Here's the math I did to justify your ad as a 'whine':
CIP has those throttle cables for $17.50 CAD each, and the clutch cable for $20.69 CAD. They're all roughly those same prices at the usual parts retailers.
17.50 + 17.50+ 20.69 = $55.69 CAD which = $44.83 USD
Your price of $75 USD = $93.16 CAD
CIP ships free over $99, so I'd be less than $6 short of that. Add in a wing nut or small pack of screws, and BOOM. Free shipping.
Basically, what I'm getting at, is that I can buy 2x your package for pretty much the same money. 4 throttle cables and 2 clutch cables. If you're double the retail price, I stand by my whine. It's not a personal attack on you. It's an almost 500 page thread about opinions on Bay Window prices. My opinion was that your price is super high. Maybe someone else thinks it's a steal, and I gave you free advertising for it? |
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vwuguy
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 9:28 am Post subject: Re: Official Bay whine about parts and vehicles for sale |
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have fun!
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