Unbelievable. That describes the price of a piece of Volkswagen literature that I sold at the weekend. Posted on online selling favourite eBay last week for a 10-day auction, look at the price an early 1990s brochure for the admittedly rare Volkswagen Caravelle/Transporter Syncro T3 fetched. Even though it’s over 18 years old, it’s only 12 pages long.
My large collection of literature from the German manufacturer and its associated brands has moved with me from house to flat, flat to house, and now, several years too late, it’s time to get rid of the non-essential stuff. So, it’s all slowly going up on eBay, and some of the brochures are obviously of more interest than others.
I’d have thought the caravan and commercial vehicle items would be virtual non-sellers, but I’ve been proved very wrong. Starting a listing at 99p might turn out to be a good strategy, as buyers think they are getting a bargain to begin with; if the price goes up, the price goes up – and usually items do – but not by this much. This one sold for £66 – 66 x what I originally listed it as.
That’s the highest I’ve ever sold a brochure for online, and this one has beat what the usually very rare ones for the more cult models like the Golf GTI go for. It’s a nice reversal of fortune; normally I’m sthe one buying ‘rubbish’ (it’s not), but as it turns out, the stuff I have and am selling might not be rubbish at all…
Tags: Cars, Volkswagen