What a bargain !!

Briano1234 said

Wilbur.  That is the key, supply and demand what ever the user will bear.. or as my dad said, wilbur, usually with a few choice words….

You have to remember that I started on a 67 MG, when the only place to find parts were the Dealer, JC Whitney, and Sears and Roebuck back then.. (no internet, no pagers, no cell phones) Most cars had AM radios.

I did have a place in UK called Gordon Spice….that I ordered a lot of NOS interior parts and a working Speedo (Too Many Tickets usually going 4 miles off of the first generation Radar guns.).   That was before Paypal, and you had to send Bank notes converted from Dollars to Pounds…. and the Pounds were steep… I think I paid 80USD and 20dollars for shipping.

All through the post, nothing electric….

So while it has gotten better locating things and paying for them…. The prices are still somewhat outrageous.

Backinblack said

There is another view if the parts are being driven up in cost from stripped cars then the cars are also being driven up. Hold on to your investment all it’s rainy day money at worst.


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Mr Funk said

Backinblack said

There is another view if the parts are being driven up in cost from stripped cars then the cars are also being driven up. Hold on to your investment all it’s rainy day money at worst.


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Quite the opposite.
If sourcing parts becomes so expensive that the average person can't afford it then demand ultimately decreases and the bubble bursts.
Cars are never good investments, if you want to see your stock rise invest in oil, arms and fags.

jamie8v said

Ahh well everyone should have a retirement plan, guess that’s you sorted


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jamie8v said

Mr Funk said

Ahem….
If you'll all excuse me for a minute while we all conveniently forget that I'm a raging capitalist and professional bastid….
I got into VWs through my mates back in the '90's.  We were all mostly skateboarders and surfers down on the coast with little money but shared interests.
Back then, apart from a few exceptions, we helped each other out and hunting down rare parts was part of the fun.  Parts weren't normally stupidly priced and bartering was a pretty big thing.
Okay, so fast forward and we find ourselves in the situation we're in - idiots trying to extort cash from people.
I get it, people want to make money.  That's fine.  Knock yourselves out.  But trying to turn people's passion into your golden ticket is just a shetty move.
And I've done it, I've broken a load of cars for various reasons and made some good holiday/project money pout of it.  But I'd like to think the stuff was priced more than fairly and everyone was happy.
And what baffles me is that people actually buy this stuff.
Why on earth would you risk using bobbins old seals when you can get new from a company like Classic Vw for a lower price?  Because it's not OEM?  Who cares?  I'd rather have something that works properly and has the benefit of hindsight and new production methods than bragging rights because it's original kit whilst conveniently overlooking the fact that it's old and busted.
We genuinely had someone on the other forum who was happy because his tyres were original.
Honestly.
20 year old tyres.
I absolutely despair sometimes.
(This venting can be found in Volume 4 of my collection - Mr Funk gets the monk on)
Have an excellent day everyone, did I ever tell you how this all used to be fields?

I know exactly what you mean, I work for a company that restores old Porsche’s and the amount of times I’ve tried to explain to some old dude in bright trousers that just because that bit of metal that’s so rusty and thin that you can see daylight through it is original it really shouldn’t be there anymore.
 As for parts they’re the worlds worst for buying low selling high, £1000 for a tail light £6000 for a deck lid and so on but you tell them it’s going to take 500-600 hrs to rebuild the brown mangled mess of metal they’ve presented you with then all of a sudden they come over all thrifty and need to save every square inch of “ original “ rust that they can.
And then more often than not are they’ve spent months telling you about there passion and how “they intended to use the car” and “it’s not just going to be another show pony “ they take it to a couple of shows, everyone tells them what a great job THEY’VE DONE !! and then they sell it for a vast profit based on the fact that it’s had a full resto !
That’s better! Sorry got a bit ranty myself there lol


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borednow said

Ranting is healthy by the way!

Ian

Backinblack said

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F332538202229


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Backinblack said

Now I am as guilty as the next person of getting all excited over a pile of but look at the bids on this rot box. I don’t see the value personally.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F332538202229


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