Free stuff

[iowegian]

What's the deal?
Maybe I could give this stuff away if I offered free shipping?????
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2506369

[oprn]

Well... Just like the guy who put a good working used fridge out by the curb with a free sign on it. It sat there for a week and someone suggested he put a price on it.

...it was gone the next morning...

Sometimes it's about perceived value.
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[CanStan]

It's a generous offer, and I'm sure someone will take you up on it. But honestly, I (and most VW people I know) already have buckets and boxes and bins of 'stuff' like that. I have so many parts that are too good to throw away, but I doubt 2% of them will actually get used again. By me or anyone I offer them to. I've even had trouble giving away piles of odds and ends like that at swap meets, and usually the guy who takes them is:
a) going to try to resell them
b) going to leave them in a bin in his garage for another 20 years

Hopefully you'll find someone who can put them to use.

[iowegian]

[60ragtop]

Sometimes ya just gotta let it go, you tried and no takers. As stated most have all that stuff and more.
When I closed my shop and moved to another state, I had a big sale. 4 for 1 you bought one box and got 3 free worked pretty good
Sometimes when I sell or give away things on the samba I include extras.
It is never all gone is it
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[johnnyvw164]

4 days and you're wondering why no takers? Give it a while, bump it up a few times. Not everyone is on here every day...

[Dave]

is that blue coil 6 or 12 volt, Chuck?
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[iowegian]

[iowegian]

[wheel607]

I tried to give away....FREE...an entire front end assembly from wheel to wheel including all tie rod ends, steering box, etc. from a 1962 sunroof. I ran the ad until its expiration right here on The Samba, guess what, no takers. People are just to lazy to get FREE parts. When I was younger, I would have driven all night for such an item. I guess if you want to give it away AND pay the shipping you might have takers. During this same time , and I checked, people on the east coast sold beams, spindles, and steering boxes all used. The only thing I can figure is they had it delivered, (shipped) directly to their door. Also, I dont think putting a price on a used VW part is the answer. The piss off factor is way to high. I have seen someone at a show put $5 on an item clearly worth $100 and someone came by and offered $1. How many time have you seen this?

[modok]

Take it to the swap meet and give it to the guy next to you.
When they aren't looking

[FarmerBill]

[oprn]

[slayer61]

I just sold my million mile beam without spindles on craigslist. $10.00 Glad to see it gone from the garage.


I also haunt a couple of reloading sites where it is offered as "pay-it-forward" to new reloaders, etc.

[wheel607]

[iowegian]

UPDATE
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Takers=0
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2506369

EDITED UPDATE
A wise man (who shall remain unnamed) has stepped up to the plate, so the box of wonderful stuff is gone, gone, gone.

[oprn]

I have a '92 Jetta 2 door and an'89 Jetta 2 door parts car, both run. They are very rare cars here, lots of 4 door Jettas but not 2 door. I drove 10 hours one way and paid $800 to get the parts one 4 years ago, it was the only one I could find. Last winter I decided I had too many project cars and advertised a package deal on these two cars, come and pay the $1200 I have into them and drive/tow them home. Lots of new parts thrown in too. Two guys call hot on it, loved the picture I sent - neither one showed up when they learned the cars were not in the city.

So they sit - for now. I refuse to spoon feed these guys anymore!

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[oprn]

In my downsizing mood I decided Dad's '69 Bay window had to go too. Again advertised here and on the Faceplant VW site. The local guys on Faceplant made fun of the Bus, told everyone it was a total rust bucket and that I wanted far too much money. I never put a price on it, just offers, come see it. No one from there ever came to see it.

A car flipper from the coast called asked what I had in mind for price. By then I was so ticked off I quoted what I thought was way too much and he said "Hold it for me I'm coming. He caught a flight out, brought a, battery, new fuel pump and new rubber brake lines (it hadn't run in 20 years), put them on and drove it home 15 hours through the mountains in the winter!

I hated to see it go so far away but screw these local guys!

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[60ragtop]