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Re: The meaning of "Complete"
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lugnet.market.theory
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Mon, 23 Apr 2001 00:22:52 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> 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.
> >
> > 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.
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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.
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 buyer's perspective, parting out is very bad.
Helps?
++Lar
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Message is in Reply To:
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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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