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Re: Yellow Castle: Reasonable price?
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Fri, 15 Oct 1999 21:12:46 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Daniel Moquin writes:

Sorry I provided you a little information to help you could make your own
decision.  A reasonable price is what the buyer is willing to pay no matter
what the venue(ebay, yahoo, amazon)!!

Again, thank you for taking the time to respond.  I appreciate the effort,
but...

It was utterly useless.  I don't care about venue (I only cited eBay because
that was a convenient place to look).  In fact, they are usually but not always
on the high side on prices.  A reasonable price is always in the eye of the
beholder, no matter how unreasonable that person is, I am aware, but that is
starting to play a semantic game about theory.  It is the aggragate of buyers
that determines "reasonable" in practice.

Let's suppose that someone asks what's a reasonable price for a Redbeard
Runner (picked because I know most of the Pirate line).  If I tell him whatever
he thinks is reasonable, I've told him nothing.  I can make the logical jump
that he is trying to get an idea what it is currently selling for.  Okay, that
I can do: $100 give or take $10 (good condition with box).  As low as $80 if he
is patient.  $120-$160 if he isn't.  If he can find it under $80 in good
condition, he is getting quite a bargain.  Now, he may look at the design of
the ship and say $80 is unreasonable to him because the design is so inferior
to the Black Sea Barracuda, even though the latter will probably be at least
$200, and most likely much higher.  Or you may find me, who says "It's just a
bunch of Lego parts and I ain't paying triple the price".  At the moment, that
is.  The "whatever you and the seller think is reasonable" is a fine thing to
add as a qualifer at this point, BUT, everyone now has some basic information
to form opinions around.

See?  Now he knows what the market is like.

I suppose this falls under marketplace theory, so to avoid that:

Does anyone know what is a reasonable price for the yellow castle?  See above
if you are unsure what I am asking for.
:-)

Bruce



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  Re: Yellow Castle: Reasonable price?
 
(...) Well, under that definition, the answer is no. I don't. You haven't provided enough context either. Are you buying, selling, or what? What condition are we talking? I told you what I would expect to pay based on my evaluation of the market, (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
  Re: Yellow Castle: Reasonable price?
 
(...) Perhaps you should clarify your request as much as you can-- - Why are you looking for a "reasonable price"? Are you looking to buy? To sell? Or just curious? - Reasonable for who? I might think a reasonable price is $50, someone else might (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)

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  Re: Yellow Castle: Reasonable price?
 
(...) for (...) auctions (...) 205,178,158. (...) Sorry I provided you a little information to help you could make your own decision. A reasonable price is what the buyer is willing to pay no matter what the venue(ebay, yahoo, amazon)!! (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)

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