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Re: The meaning of "Complete"
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lugnet.market.theory
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Sun, 22 Apr 2001 21:37:16 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.market.theory, Kyle D. Jackson writes:
> > In lugnet.market.theory, Frank Filz writes:
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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.
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> 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?
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> I do not know.
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
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| (...) Oh, I totally agree.... from the perspective of a seller. My bad, I didn't write this clearly enough to show that I was asking the question from the perspective of a BUYER. I think it's a tossup, there. Kyle, I think, feels that from the (...) (23 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 22-Apr-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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