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(...) Oh, I realize this! I don't mind that you or someone else makes money on any purchase. Anything that I can find cheap and do not want, I like to make a few dollars to support my habit (and my son's growing habit). I also try to notify people (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Let's take this up in theory but I feel there is a significant difference in kind, not just degree, between: - claiming that something is scarce/rare when in fact it is not, and selling it for well over what anyone who wants it can get it for. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Where a finite supply of the set exists. Buying a considerable proportion of that item makes them rarer, and therefore forces the price up. So buy making a the "large purchase" the market value of the item is increased. I suppose the word (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Where a finite supply of the set exists. Buying a considerable proportion of that item makes them rarer, and therefore forces the price up. So buy making a the "large purchase" the market value of the item is increased. I suppose the word (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Right. I set the starting price where I do because that's the minimum I'll take to walk up buyers. If they go unbid, they go unbid, so the market still has a chance to speak to me (and further, I get punished because I have to pay the listing (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) No. 30 is the price at which I keep them. There is hysteresis here. The price I pay for one and the price I would sell one for differ. In other words, if anyone has blue hoppers they don't want and want to sell them to me, 30 is the very MOST (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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So does that mean that it would be worth it for you to just sell me one or two of them for $30 each (that way you'd get even more than you'd get on ebay--of course I know they are going for more than that..but they are worth 30 dollars to you) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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So you don't mind auctioning them off at 30, but you won't sell them for 30? (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Sounds to me like he doesn't mind risking that they only go for 30. But he's willing to wait and see if they go higher, and is probably pretty sure they will. That's not too hard to understand, is it? (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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I did assume that it was for the possibility that he could make more than 30. However, he said that if I bid 30, I may well not get outbid, so I was curious. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) curious. Fair question. OK, to be explicit. At this time I am not accepting sales at 30 on a "first come first served" basis, (that is what it would turn into). I am releasing hoppers one or two at a time to the various venues. If and when (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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Prior to Busy Bee finding a stash of hoppers, this set mib went for $60 to $80 US. When this little hiccup in supply gets absorbed by rtlers, the price will again creep back up to this level. So if you want one you had better make Larry a decent (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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The problem with that is that what Larry sees as decent and what I see as decent are two different things. Which is fine by me. I came out of the dark ages a little less than a year ago and have gotten pretty big into trains since (something I (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) When I got a supply of them from Shop@Home, I believe they were selling them at 50% off their regular price, and I paid $16.50 for them. I looked through my old catalogs, but I couldn't find the Hopper Car in any of them, so I can't confirm (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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I agree that there are sets that I would pay a little more for (the hopper car is one of them), but I have pretty limited resources and am trying to get other stuff too. That's why I am trying to be very strict with my rule. In a couple years, when (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) And how many 1x2 tilting hinge tops would I have to supply for an even swap? Chris (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) 500 (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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I certainly understand and sympathise with your budget constraints. A thing is worth, to you, what you are willing to pay, or sell it for(1). To you, the hopper is not worth more than 30. That's not what the market thinks, but ultimately, to you, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I couldn't find the hopper car in any of my old catalogs either but seeing as the twin tank transporter listed at $23, I would think the blue hopper was more like $25 or $30 originally. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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In lugnet.market.auction, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> (...) <snip> Larry, how many of each of your "wnated" parts, such as 4274 1/2 pins and 3937/3938 hinges and 4213/4315 hinge sets, would you require in trade for a 4536. This is a serious (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) 50 dollars worth at current market values (say AucZILLA or other common venues). That's a serious answer. Make me an offer. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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The LUGNet page has it at $14.95 (URL) today's money that is about $22.08 The much used $0.10 per part guide equates to $16.40. All of which appear low to me Scott A Paul Foster wrote in message <3804D900.CB698E2D@e...pc.com>... (...) spend (...) (...) (25 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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