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Re: MISB Set Prices vs. Opened Set Prices
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lugnet.market.appraisal
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Fri, 4 May 2001 18:21:42 GMT
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In lugnet.market.appraisal, Greg Perry writes:
> To me, another factor (besides the ones mentioned) in the equation is
> whether the person buying the set is purchasing it to play uh I mean build
> with or whether they want it to put on the shelf MISB and simply bask in the
> warm glow of possession. Along those same lines would be those who make a
> purchase as an investment with the intent of re-selling it in the future. To
> them the MISB condition has a higher intrinsic value.
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> Since I'm a fan(atic) who purchases with every intent of eventually building
> with the sets, I'm personally not willing to pay that much more for a MISB
> set than I would for a guaranteed, complete set that's been opened. So for
> me the tolerable percentage variance would be fairly low, probably be in the
> range of 15-25%.
Yes, that makes sense - opening the set to build it instead of keeping it
unopened as an investment is a very important distinction.
Also. like the other posts talked about, the age of the set is important.
My current period of collection is Classic Space and Futuron. Since these
sets are typically quite old, I expect to have to pay a premium for these
sets, be they MISB or not.
Another thing that I do is to build sets from the instructions using my
parts and parts bought from Brickbay. This sometimes is a much cheaper
method than buying the set itself. This is made more difficult when there
are a lot of set-specific pieces that can be very hard to find.
The relative safety of buying a MISB set is very comforting and helps when
building the set after buying it. Then, the white pieces are white, no
teeth marks, no color substitutions, instructions are not ripped, etc.
Here's kind of what started me on this topic:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=581879888
and
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=583489991
This is an example of 2 sets, one opened and apparently complete in good
condition and one that is MISB. This is a HUGE price difference.
Especially for those of us who are going to build it anyways.
- Bob
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| (...) Bob, from what I've seen Classic Space sets that are still MISB will eBay at prices 4 times over that of opened sets. The example you reference for the 6950 is not all that surprising. (...) If you are a builder, the best deals to be found are (...) (24 years ago, 6-May-01, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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| (...) To me, another factor (besides the ones mentioned) in the equation is whether the person buying the set is purchasing it to play uh I mean build with or whether they want it to put on the shelf MISB and simply bask in the warm glow of (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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