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dancetothedrummersbeat:
--- Quote from: 76 on August 28, 2016, 09:29 AM ---I bought off him a few years ago and the price and service for what I bought was good, I had a look at his site recently and the prices appeared expensive.
Is this Biaggio the VW fella?
Whats his history? How has he laid his hands on all the NOS genuine stuff?
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Yes, he also imports/restores/sells VW's from the US. He and a few other people either took a punt or knew how the old school scene would go, and bought up a load (and I do mean LOADS) of stuff from Alans in Wigan, probably Shiners in Bristol, plus from many other smaller shops/distributors in the UK and abroad. He (and the others) probably paid maybe £5000 (for example) and bought a load of stuff, but that £5000 would now be worth maybe £100,000 or more in stock, and that's selling it at 'reasonable' prices. Think about it: How many brake cables would fit into a medium sized box? A few hundred? He, or whoever probably paid £20 for the box, as at that time they were literally worthless. Even if you sold each one for £5 each, then that's a massive profit. The last few cables I bought (not from him actually) cost me on average £40 each, so you get the idea. Same with number plates. 20 in a box? He was trying to sell some of them for £200 a go last weekend. Even if they sold for £100 each, that's £2000 straight away, and they're hardly heavy/bulky items to store...
I suppose to get the best deals you'd have needed to be there before the old school/ebay boom started, and would have also had to pay quite a bit of cash in one go to get good value, knowing it was a calculated risk. It's certainly paid off though. Even if everything he had left in stock became worthless overnight, i'm sure he's made his money back maybe 100 times over. As individuals/small time collectors we probably couldn't imagine the scale of how much was bought....
E5_DCB:
Asked a few how much is this on the sunday. But was talking to the other short guy there. He didnt seem to know all the prices so sometimes went and asked the Boss. But the few bits I bought where very cheap (while dealing with the short guy lol )
dancetothedrummersbeat:
There were a few bargains, but not much slips through the net
animal:
Is he on here ? Or his helpers ?
oldscool:
I bought quite a few bits from him years ago. Only prices I remember are.
Tange trx £25
Elina lightning £50 a little bit more now ;D
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