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Re: The meaning of "Complete"
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lugnet.market.theory
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Sun, 22 Apr 2001 14:34:51 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Kyle D. Jackson writes:
> In lugnet.market.theory, Frank Filz writes:
> > In the end though, my feeling is don't bother selling sets. I'm not sure
> > there are ANY sets (except a few very old sets) which sell for more as a
> > complete set than their component parts do. I have even seen partial
> > lots from sets go for more than the set goes for (for this reason, I'm
> > keeping my complete 1682 - sorry, I'm not going to sell it for $30-40
> > when the red 2x2x5 lattice towers can easily sell for $30 just by
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> <sigh> I hate this. I once saw somebody sell off a Classic Space
> collection as parts lots..., sorted by colour! There were some
> great sets in there, but the odds of winning all of the colour lots
> without paying through the nose for them were pretty low so I
> just steered away from them. Anyhow for my part most of the sets
> I'm interested in are the ones that fetch high prices as sets,
> so sellers generally offer them as such.
This cuts both ways. While I share your anguish at seeing rare sets get
parted, the flip side is this: Is it better to sell a somewhat incomplete
set as is, or part it out, recoup your investment and potentially see the
parts complete SEVERAL other incomplete sets in the hands of others?
I do not know.
++Lar
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| (...) My experience is that if the set isn't MISB (or at least 100% complete), you're far better off parting it out. I always do better--but then again, I rarely get anything more than a few years old to part out. YMMV. LFB (25 years ago, 22-Apr-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) I agree with Frank's suggestions for Heather's questions. These are the sorts of things that I would put into my listings if I sold unsealed sets. (I only sell MISB sets at present, but will soon be selling unsealed sets as well. Many of these (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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