There will always be extremes and for some in the market specifically looking for a VW that appears to be well sorted and that they can use 'off the shelf' and fits their life style this will not be an obscene amount of money to lay out, especially when compared with a modern Danbury or something commercially available from the likes of GDay Kombies in Oxfordshire that is almost built to order. And if they only use it for one or two seasons before the next 'must have accessory' comes along they probably won't be too bothered about selling it for less than they paid for it. It won't impact on the general market place as that will always find a level
Not sure that ebay would be the place I would choose to sell a bus at this ticket price, but then again traditional Car Auction Houses even the prestige ones do not seem to be getting particularly high prices even for very well presented VW motors at the moment.
But ownership is different for all of us, I've grown up on this forum admiring all sorts of different buses, picking three different examples, I've always loved Clems very early westy and how he uses it in the UK and in Europe, for different reasons love following the adventures Sparkywig has with his sunroof/delux/etc etc bus and how it constantly changes as his needs change and different parts of the long term plan drop into place and Mr Brightside's is a terrific example of building a bus to the spec you want it to be and then using it any month of the year. God know what these examples would fetch in the open market, but without doubt it will still boil down to what someone is prepared to pay and how fast any current owner needs to sell at that particular moment in time. There will always be bargains and there will always be something sold at a price that draws a gasp. At the moment there is a 'fully restored' 1979 latebay on ebay in Newcastle with a ticket price of £35,995
I don't want to sell my westy, but one day soon I may have to sell just hope the market forces are 'nice' to me if that day comes :lol:
