Ben,

You need to stop your rape & pillaging ways...  First it was real estate,
now Vanagons, what's next?  Tsk, tsk...

Cheers from your local fountain of useless information... except in the Bay
area where you'll need to talk to BenT.

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of BenT Syncro
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 6:17 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Peeved at escalating Vanagon prices? Don't be. It's good for
you.

Some time ago, I was personally attacked by some fool who was upset that I
sold one of my old Vanagons for more than I paid for it. I believed his
posting said he did not like my bring my "...real estate rape and
pillage..." attitude towards Vanagons. Ouch! He was upset that I would not
sell the camper to him for the same price that I paid for it. Hmmm..
Everett yanked his comment out of the Samba.

I wonder how upset he will be find out that the same Adventurewagen is now
for sale for seven times what I paid for it and more than triple what I sold
it for. I guess never mind that the poor AW in question is improving in
condition with each successive owner. Hey it runs now. Still looks like
crap. It has  a title now which was months in process. I wouldn't as much as
the current seller is asking but someone else probably will.

Does it really matter? Not to me. Lucky for you if you find a good deal. Too
bad if you're stuck paying a premium. It's Amurkain way. In the end, WE all
benefit because our vans become more valuable as they become older and more
scarce.

Happy Friday!

--
BenT