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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#836578
ian.mezz wrote:$40 whats that these days a pack of smokes😂
ITS STILL $40 DOLLARS IAN.....

WHEN yOU DON'T SMOKE... LOL


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LUFTMEISTER Veteran Volks Folk

2,041 posts · joined Jul 2005 ·

#836583
Hey Barls go to the Pinky's swap meet site and have a look at the prices for the listed swap meets. Then tell me how many are $40 or more. Proof enough.😵
Customer service is not dead in Australia.

Always after HAZET & MATRA & VW factory tools

Pumba Veteran Volks Folk

2,138 posts · joined Jan 2007 ·

#836690
grumpy wrote:If you want to complain about the price of a swap site put youre prices up . Also if you are still complaining get youre own club to hold a swap meet. Or better still shut up.
Sellers put there prices up,then no one will pay higher prices for parts so the swapper loser out both ways.
not a very smart move gumby???
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,475 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#836694
we heard you the first time,

heres a novel idea why not join the club, get on the committee and make the change rather than bitching and moaning on here about it.
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
the chaos project - click me

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#836696
Yep we welcome all opinion’s



I am a hopeless speller
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

Pumba Veteran Volks Folk

2,138 posts · joined Jan 2007 ·

#836697
barls wrote:we heard you the first time,

heres a novel idea why not join the club, get on the committee and make the change rather than bitching and moaning on here about it.
No thanks.
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,475 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#836699
what your doing is kind of like not voting in an election, then whinging about the result.
do you think your getting anywhere???
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
the chaos project - click me

Pumba Veteran Volks Folk

2,138 posts · joined Jan 2007 ·

#836702
As dave said,they welcome all opionions.
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vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#836713
Hey Shane on a different matter

Where do u work
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

Pumba Veteran Volks Folk

2,138 posts · joined Jan 2007 ·

#836725
Dave i work at Albatross (Nowra).
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Pumba Veteran Volks Folk

2,138 posts · joined Jan 2007 ·

#836753
Yes but dont hold that against me😂
im also in the Shoalhaven Club with him.
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grumpy Learner Dubber

12 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#836783
VWmad lets not call people names Shame sorry Shane . Got you hook line and sinker. Ask Dave who you talking to.

Pumba Veteran Volks Folk

2,138 posts · joined Jan 2007 ·

#836818
grumpy wrote:VWmad lets not call people names Shame sorry Shane . Got you hook line and sinker. Ask Dave who you talking to.
You did get me hook line and sinker,i thought it was my mate up the coast had joined under another name,hes done it before,hope you got some goodies to sell this year???
cheers shane.
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waltermitty Legend when my beer goggles are on

1,993 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#836820
heres a novel idea why not join the club, get on the committee and make the change rather than bitching and moaning on here about it.
Hey Barls et all this is starting to get political and should be moved to that other place where things that people have opinions about should be put!

Nah dont , just kidding topic's like this are what forums are great for. Where real interest discussion and opinion can be shared. Now that such topics get shafted I believe the forum has suffered.
If you dont believe me compare the daily traffic we get now to when this forum was in its hey day.
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panscraper Casual Dubber

26 posts · joined Oct 2009 ·

#837067
Nothing beats going to a good show and swap, even with all the bling and show cars, theres nothing better than going to a swap sifting through all the tin and assorted parts looking for that hard to find peice youve been searching for or just enjoy the atmosphere without the ebay prices.
the whole idea of going to a swap is also to also find a bargain where the seller just wants rid of there stuff and happy with a couple of extra bucks spending money.

Greedy swap meet holders are only turning it to ebay on wheels. by forcing the stall holders to up there prices. just not the same is it.


ive been away for a few months, i see BARLS still has to go opposite to the grain. on ya barls!!!!!!

lets hope they get the message of what is being said in this forum before barls shuts it down.

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,475 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#837074
panscraper wrote:Nothing beats going to a good show and swap, even with all the bling and show cars, theres nothing better than going to a swap sifting through all the tin and assorted parts looking for that hard to find peice youve been searching for or just enjoy the atmosphere without the ebay prices.
the whole idea of going to a swap is also to also find a bargain where the seller just wants rid of there stuff and happy with a couple of extra bucks spending money.

Greedy swap meet holders are only turning it to ebay on wheels. by forcing the stall holders to up there prices. just not the same is it.


ive been away for a few months, i see BARLS still has to go opposite to the grain. on ya barls!!!!!!

lets hope they get the message of what is being said in this forum before barls shuts it down.
i see you still have a bee in your bonnet about that post i removed almost a year ago. get over it and move on, better yet start up your own swap meet and charge what you like for it.
ps i did look at pinky’s and while most of them were less how many are actually a vw only event that are below that figure.
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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LUFTMEISTER Veteran Volks Folk

2,041 posts · joined Jul 2005 ·

#837078
So what are you saying that VW swaps are run by rip off merchants and the others are encouraging more sellers and buyers to theirs? Huuuumm strange logic. 🤪
Customer service is not dead in Australia.

Always after HAZET & MATRA & VW factory tools

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,475 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#837081
no what im saying its comparing oranges and apples.
if you want to call one of the vw clubs a bunch of rip off merchants, go for it yourselves. dont put words in my mouth by trying to twist what im saying.
i did notice that most of the ones that had cheaper site prices also had a higher entry fee. so go figure we are talking about a lower entry fee with a higher site fee.
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
the chaos project - click me

panscraper Casual Dubber

26 posts · joined Oct 2009 ·

#837086
no bee in the bonnet barls,

just dont like you

you just seem to go opposite to what everybody else agrees on , pisses every body off.
now i want you to look in the mirror and ask !!

no sorry dont do that !!

ian.mezz I never said, I could write or spell

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·

#837089
this is funny shit , half of the people going on about the price live out of the area and are more then likely not even going to the show.😂🤪😂🤪😂🤪😂
😂🤪😂🤪😂
car forums. where a lot of peoples good intentions end up taking a good old car off the road forever never ever to see the road again. 🥲

LUFTMEISTER Veteran Volks Folk

2,041 posts · joined Jul 2005 ·

#837106
Gone to the last 5, but will be heading to Day of Volkswagen instead (look at their swap meet prices) The R o M can fleece some other sheep this year.
Customer service is not dead in Australia.

Always after HAZET & MATRA & VW factory tools

Hutcho Wolfsburg Wizard

528 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#837111
I'd almost pay all you complainers $40 NOT to go. I'd prefer the place to be filled with people that want to talk about cars...

Just because barls speaks up, it doesn't mean that he's the only one that feels the same way.

Cheers
Hutcho.

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,475 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#837208
panscraper wrote:no bee in the bonnet barls,

just dont like you

you just seem to go opposite to what everybody else agrees on , pisses every body off.
now i want you to look in the mirror and ask !!

no sorry dont do that !!
just cause i speak up, doesnt mean that im the only one with that opinion. you know what i dont care what you think of me, really i dont.
its already been explained why its that much by a member of the committee as to why its priced as it is. go dont go. doesnt mean much to me, ill have a good day ether way.
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
the chaos project - click me

STIDUB Over it.

1,497 posts · joined Jun 2008 ·

#837217
at first i was beginning to regret starting the poll related to this

now im greatful - cheers for the constructive opinions.

would it make anyone feel any better if the respective club events had a list of how much the spend to make the day happen compared to how much they get out of each potential entrant?
how many would be shocked to see that theres no profit in car clubs?
how many have forgotten that fact?

see all the other people happy to have VW shows/swap meets there!
im driving from brissy for it, so are alot of watercooled people, must be mad!
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ian.mezz I never said, I could write or spell

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·

#837250
LUFTMEISTER wrote:Gone to the last 5, but will be heading to Day of Volkswagen instead (look at their swap meet prices) The R o M can fleece some other sheep this year.
thats a long way to take your parts to sell in a swap meet.
😂🤪😂🤪😂
car forums. where a lot of peoples good intentions end up taking a good old car off the road forever never ever to see the road again. 🥲

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#837263
think i will have a word to the melb guys to put there prices up 😂😂😂😂
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

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7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·

#837346
easy fix
get a few of you together n have a single swap site with ya combined junk n only outlay 1 site cost n split it up between ya
obvious really 😵‍💫
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zayus Wolfsburg Wizard

437 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#837385
Guys,

It is $40.00.
That is nothing, when comes to the cost of pursuing our Classic VW hobby.

Think of all the benefits of selling/swapping parts @ the Nationals.

1 - All those VW enthusiasts trawling your stall.
2 - Not having to take photos and uploading them to various sites.
3 - Not having to organise postage and handling.
4 - Receiving payment, immediately.
5 - Location, location, location.

40 bucks, it is worth it for the convenience and easier advertising.

Zayus

Note: I am not affliated with Club VeeDub, although, I have been to plenty of their shows.
And, I did prefer the old outdoor site @ Parklea, to the current site @ Fairfield.
There is nothing quite like the shine of a vintage VW or a hot Cal-Looker under sunshine and blue skies.

🙂

Pumba Veteran Volks Folk

2,138 posts · joined Jan 2007 ·

#837389
Hutcho wrote:I'd almost pay all you complainers $40 NOT to go. I'd prefer the place to be filled with people that want to talk about cars...

Just because barls speaks up, it doesn't mean that he's the only one that feels the same way.

Cheers
Hutcho.
Do you want my bank details or do you prefer paypal😂
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