Is This A JOKE???? (Page 1 of 4)

Almost as ridiculous is the Golden Beetle Car Co.  That is always trying to sell cars on eBay. For most of those cars, the starting bid is around $10,000.  They put nice paint on the cars and redo the interior, but from the pics they do not appear to be doing anything fancy, certainly not a body off restoration.  And if you look closely at the interior pics of some of their cars you can see shoddy workmanship.  The headliner on a 1975 Super beetle they redid was messed up and they had covered over the interior flow through air vents located on either side of the rear window.  I also noticed in one of the pics that one side of the rear window defogger was hooked up, while the other side was missing the wire. Some of their rear decklids are wrong for the years as well.
It may just be me, but if you are asking $10,000 dollars for a beetle it should either be

A) Completely original and have less than 100 original miles on it.  Or B) should be a BODY OFF 100% original/stock restoration.  Original color, interior, etc.  It's all in the details.

Come on guys it seems like a good deal, I mean the only problem listed is an oil leak. Plus that new carb was listed twice so it must be extra new.

HEY HEY HEY!!!   Whats WRONG with you people!! THIS car can be driven EVERYDAY! it said so! ALSO it has a new horn, you can see the horn button mounted on the dash there with duct tape protecting the wiring! You cant get MUCH more professionally restored than that!! Also has a casette player!! SHEESH.....You dont see MANY of those these days!! ANDDDDDDDDDDD it has "REUSABLE" intake boots!!  YEEE HAAAA!!!! I dont know about you people, but i think it is WAY underpriced.....Oil Leak....Big Deal...I mean what could THAT be with the engine just being overhauled and all....probably REAL simple to fix....AND "FABRICATED" exhaust donut seals!! DAMN! You people just dont know a deal when you see it, do you?  I bet SEAN wont let this deal pass HIM up....RIGHT SEAN?? LMAO!

                                                                        Yancey

As someone who lives in Ohio, I can attest that any Beetle that isn't falling apart will be sometime double the price (or more) as the same Bug in Cali. However... yes, he is dreaming.

I bought a decent '68 in May for $2000, when the same quality of Bug from Ohio was $4200 (I know... I almost bought it). After I threw in $800 for shipping I had a decent Bug. (Other than a few engine issues which required some tweaking.)

It's like the old Garage Sale theory... only expect to get 50-65% of the asking price, cause the point is to sell it. If you don't wanna sell it, then don't list it.

BUT... like I said, a Bug in Ohio will be at least $1500 higher than the same Bug in Cali would be... all thing equal. This Bug (unfortunately) doesn't seem so equal, and the rust is starting to show up.

Since it's in Ohio I would say it's worth about $2750... no more.