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Found a lovely van for sale on fleabay with starting price of £7000 (reserve not met). 

Can't find a price guide for Geist caravans.  Any one any idea what it's worth?  

Othe thing that puts me off is that the seller only has 1 feedback recorded but as the van should be local to me for viewing, I still think it may be worth a look. 

http://www.cuddles.abelgratis.net

Try this one for technical data. Try looking on Autotrader and a few other places to get an approximate price guide. Depends on how old it is and the condition if its fairly new and good condition thats probably not a bad price. Great quality vans!

Go and take a look and check the servicing is up to date and that it can be transferred to your name.  Also check if the service included a damp check.  What dealer will you take it to to be serviced?  It might be worth phoning them to see what they say.  We've often done that when buying a new car.  The garage knows about common faults and costs so at least we are forewarned lol

I took a look at the pics and it does look like a nice 'van but doubt if it will stay at £7000.00.  And it seems to be privately owned.  I always look out of the window in pictures to see the surroundings just to check that it's not on a gyppo site lol

Keep us posted on what you decide to do...

There is a Geist franchise near me, Camper UK and I can highly reccommend them.

Give them a ring and have a chat to see about sevicing, parts e.t.c. They do have a web site too.

They value their customers, a rare thing today.

Its a 2006, seller says he has all the paperwork and it is CRIS registered, so if need be, I could check it out with them. Also says he has recently had it serviced and damp check was done, with no problems. 

Only thing is I can't find any others for sale (this model - lots of fixed bed 4 berths but not 5s) but I think I will keep an eye on it until the weekend, and watch what happens to the price. His starting price is £7000 but reserve not met.  I have a nasty feeling the reserve is going to be about £9000.   In which case, it's out of my budget. Pity, it's just what we've been looking for really but these vans do seem to hold their money.

Patches - if you are looking for a new van try Elite Caravans because they were selling the Geist Aktiv 495 for 8.5K NEW!

http://www.elitecaravans.co.uk/products.asp?c=36&d=2

Most are sold but they may be getting in other stock - some are 2007 models though

Worth a try or price comparisson.

Andy

Thanks for that, but the one I'm looking for is sold.

Went to look at fleabay van, decided not to buy for reasons I won't go into on here, save to say it does annoy me when people list things on ebay and don't give a proper description of condition.  I only had to drive 20 miles to view said van...someone could have driven the length of the country to take a look and that's just not fair to potential buyers.