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 surfkombi
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| posted on March 11th, 2004 at 07:04 PM |
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How much is this kombi worth?
G'day viewers - purchased my second kombi today. That makes 2 in 3 months!! I had to decide on the spot - as it seemed a bargain. Im not really
sure what it is worth and I would like to know as I plan to sell it again straight away. Here are the details....
1974 Microbus 1800 I think (twin carbies)
Interior 8 out of ten - back seats and walls in great condition.
Exterior 7 out of 10. No dents or rust. It has had some panels resprayed, as a previous owner had painted flowers on it.
Mechanical - seems really good. Runs well. It has been serviced by the local VW mechanic - who is brilliant.
No rego, no roadworthy. Orange in colour.
Tyres are good, and everthing looks good underneath. Will have photos tomorrow.
An estimate of it's value would be really helpful, as I plan to sell it on this website straight away - After a good clean and polish of course!
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| posted on March 11th, 2004 at 08:43 PM |
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2 kombi's in 3 months, you must be some sort of kombi hog, let someone else have one, soon you will need to buy the block next door, just for
your kombi's.
:cry::cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry
i have heard plenty of this lately!!
DRINK UP AND BE JOLLY
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| posted on March 11th, 2004 at 08:55 PM |
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To be totally honest. It is only worth what the next person is willing to pay for it!
What it is worth and what you sell it for are impossible for anyone to give an even approximate estimate without seeing it.
I may say it is worth at least $2000, but the next person who actually looks at it may spot the fibreglass covering some rust that was painted really
well, and only offer $1200.
Someone may get a compression test done on the motor and find it is up for a rebuild, and offer less again.
Sorry to be of not much help, but it is harder for people who have not seen the vehicle, than it is for you to put a price on it. You at least know
what you paid for it.
Yeah?
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| posted on March 11th, 2004 at 10:35 PM |
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go the bays
in the last 3 weeks i have bought 3 bay kombis,,i got a 8 seater transporter 76 2litre manual,few dents almost no rust it was 2 days out of rego i
payed $500 for it.i got a 78 2 litre injected auto 6 months rego $1000.and a 76 2 litre for spares,
i got the 3 for under $2000.
:jesus now to see what im going to do with them,,,,
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bus356
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| posted on March 12th, 2004 at 07:17 AM |
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you guys are sick :repuke
wish I had more kombis though! 
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| posted on March 12th, 2004 at 07:25 AM |
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I always thought 2 Kombies were enough,
1. A bay with a porsche six & aircon
2. A 23 window splitty.
Man you dudes must have some big yards to fit all those VW's in.
Rob...
[Edited on 11-3-2004 by Robo]
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| posted on March 12th, 2004 at 11:28 AM |
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There are two VW "dealers"* in Canberra who sell kombis like that for up to $5000. But I think they're way overpriced.
*I use the term loosely.
1959 red & white Beetle
1975 Kombi camper
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57kombi
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| posted on March 12th, 2004 at 12:32 PM |
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So you are buying them to sell them and make a profit.
It is only worth what someone is willing to pay and you are willing to accept.
Dont know if I agree with buying and selling as you are doing, everyone will know you will add your profit to the price.
Might have been better if you had just offered it for sale at a price you would be happy with.
Dave
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| posted on March 12th, 2004 at 01:33 PM |
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Yep, I will admit, I am planning on making a profit - won't be a lot though - probably just enough to cover the hours it will take me to make it
all pretty again. I also want to buy a split window - got to finance that somehow!
It's the orange one that will be for sale
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bus356
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| posted on March 12th, 2004 at 06:43 PM |
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Yeah mate, two nice looking buses!
I'm wondering what's wrong with buying and selling for a profit Dave? Isn't that the fundamental principle of business? And is there a
reason why kombis or VWs should be excluded as a business commodity??!
The orange one looks like a deluxe microbus (???) which you should be able to sell pretty easily, especially if the interior is all original. I bought
a '77 deluxe microbus about five years ago for $6k and just sold it for $7500 in pretty good original condition.
Without having seen it I reckon you could get $5k+ for it with RWC. No rust is a big bonus in my books. It can take a while to find a really good old
bay and there are people who are looking for kombis that don't need any work and will pass a RWC - like me when I bought mine and like the person
I just sold to.
But don't just advertise here, I think it's a bit like trying to sell sand to the Arabs...
Good luck!
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57kombi
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| posted on March 12th, 2004 at 06:49 PM |
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Where does it stop.
I can buy something on this site one day and then offer it the next day for twice the price???
Is that o.k.
As for prices what one person might pay $500 for another might pay $5000.
How can you put a price on a vehicle after seeing one picture.
Dave
[Edited on 12-3-2004 by 57kombi]
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bus356
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| posted on March 12th, 2004 at 07:31 PM |
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Why is it not ok for you to buy something here one day and offer it the next for twice the price? In your own words it's worth what someone is
willing to pay for it and the seller is willing to accept. If you bought something on here one day and offered it for twice the price the next day,
probably no-one will buy it. As may well would happen if surf kombi offers it tomorrow for twice the price.
But if someone's willing to pay that price and he is willing to accept then in your words that is its "worth".
I wasn't putting a price on it just from looking at the picture. I was attempting to answer his question and suggesting what it might be worth,
ie. what someone might be willing to pay for it. From the original post it sounds very good. No rust, good interior looked after by and excellent
mechanic, etc, etc. From the photo the panels look damn straight too. I would bet there would be a few people out there looking for their first kombi
that this would suit and would be willing to pay for, rather than paying less for one that doesn't look so honest.
If he bought it for a grand and wants to sell it for two I might buy it... and maybe even try to flog it for $4k in the trading post next week...
Better stop now, I think it's the beer starting to talk...
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| posted on March 13th, 2004 at 08:43 AM |
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This question will demonstrate that I don't know much anyway......
Whats the differences between a normal and a deluxe bay?
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| posted on March 13th, 2004 at 08:51 AM |
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some more pics
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| posted on March 13th, 2004 at 12:27 PM |
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interior looks like it is close to mint condition ... outside looks a bit like a dodgy paint job covering some rust ... bottom of drivers door
doesn't look too good ... but would have to see it close up ...
I dare say if it was registered $4-5k but as it is unregistered (and I don't know how hard it is to get registered in your state) ... that the
price would come down to about $1500 - $2k ???
I find unregistered vehicles a BIG turn off as you don't know how much you will actually be up for at the licencing dept. they ould tell you that
there is too much rust on the pan and your then up for $$$ ... meh .... all the best
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| posted on March 13th, 2004 at 12:46 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by bus356
...I'm wondering what's wrong with buying and selling for a profit Dave? Isn't that the fundamental principle of business? ...
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Errr.... no. Try not to confuse horse trading with business. In my business, I buy nothing and resell nothing, but charge my clients for application
of my labour and wits. Others buy materials and add value to them in the conduct of their business, then sell the product, charging for the added
value (think of a tailor). This thread is not about business principles, it's about horse trading.
hth
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| posted on March 13th, 2004 at 05:39 PM |
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At last someone with commonsense.
Cheers
Dave
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| posted on March 13th, 2004 at 08:30 PM |
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I believe if I spend some time and effort improving this vehicle before I sell it I should not feel guilty for making a small profit. That profit will
eventually go to someone selling a split window anyway, and he is probably selling it for 10 times more than he paid for it 5 years ago. Hopefully I
can sell it to someone in the UK anyway cause that will piss everyone on this site off!!! (he he only joking). Can anyone tell me the difference
between a standard and deluxe bay?
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| posted on March 13th, 2004 at 11:03 PM |
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mmm
If you buy it is yours if you then choose to sell it then that is your right.
If you buy for $50 and sell for $20 then you won't be buying stuff for long..
If you buy for $50 and sell for $100 with little or no effort you have done well..
If you buy for $50 and sell for $50 000 with little or no effort then you are rich...
I reckon it is ok to buy and sell as much as you want. As long as you do it with the same user name and don't try and cover up what you are doing
I have no problem with it at all.
Buying and selling is exactly how I fund my Hobby .... occasionally I do some work but I try to avoid it..
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| posted on March 13th, 2004 at 11:06 PM |
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mm
Forgot to say there is no such thing as a kombi with no dints or rust ......
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| posted on March 14th, 2004 at 08:25 AM |
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Dints add character, I can tell you how all the dints in mine happened (2 of them from hitting my own cars).
A car, or anything else for that matter, is worth what someone is prepared to pay for it.
It can go either way. You may make a tidy profit, you may have to cut your losses.
I've done both.
Bought a vespa for $50 at a garage sale, had a collector offer me a grand. I loaded it on the ute for him. Spent $1800 getting the motor re-coed in
the wifes commodore to sell it for $500 6 months later when we found serious body problems.
Win some lose some...
Main thing to remember, if no one wants it then it's worth sweet fuckall.......
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.
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| posted on March 14th, 2004 at 02:08 PM |
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sorry, but i am on the other side of this fence. i think it is of poor taste in the 'spirit of it' to just score a bargain with the sole
intent to flog it at a higher price. you are either taking advantage of the og seller or the future buyer. either way i dont think it is of good
karma.
i would think if you have a true passion, you would support your fellow dubbers. and add to our cause not take.
if youre getting a wreck and then putting in effort to fix, replace and rego, then you sell... then i think it is fine to profit.
i am sure some are going to say it is a double standard; bring it on. but i see it this way. you are either preying on the nieve, gullable and being
self serving only vs you are saving a vw wreck and adding to our community.
:alien so lets see who has the swords and come attacking and those that like me look forward to a family of dubbers.
Simply Cruzin'...
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| posted on March 14th, 2004 at 03:29 PM |
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Deluxes had xtra luxuries and trim like the strips down the side, and I think chrome badges ??? and other such things.
I don't think anyone should have any dramas with what you're doing buying, improving and selling this bus. You'll probably learn a lot
doing it too. Good luck and I hope you find a good splittie!
[Edited on 14-3-2004 by bus356]
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| posted on March 14th, 2004 at 03:35 PM |
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Ah Twoguns
So there are a few of us around, I have no problem with people selling ast a profit its just why get on here and advertise that the only reason you
bought something was to get more for it from someone else.
Yes I am trying to sell some stuff at the moment, but I am offering it at the same price I paid for the stuff as I am trying to help others out, (and
I need the cash) In the past I have given stuff away to help others on this site.Thats what I thought this site was about, helping each other.
Cheers
Dave
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| posted on March 14th, 2004 at 03:44 PM |
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its about community spirit, dave. few and far between,maybe...but not yet extinct
:beer
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| posted on April 27th, 2004 at 09:30 PM |
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i agree with twoguns and 57kombi,
i believe in an eye for an eye..............
there is a very fine line here, us as a community need to stick together,
bringing a dub back to life is always worthwhile and if you can bring yourself to part with the dub to recoup losses so be it......DUBS FOR
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