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In lugnet.market.auction, Michael Hader writes:
> I have been trying to collect the 9V
> stuff that I missed and have a rule I try to stick by. I will only spend
> twice the original value (rounded to the nearest dollar & based on what
> Lugnet says the MSRP is) plus shipping. Therefore decent for me would only be
> $30 for a blue hopper car. I believe Larry stated that a decent value to him
> would be $50 (for a straight sale), more than three times the original value.
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 the 'regular' price.
The 'twice retail' rule is a good one, but I know there are a few sets I'd be
willing to pay 4x or even 5x retail for - if I could ever find those sets for
sale anywhere... <sigh>
John G
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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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| | Re: FA(eBay): blue hoppers
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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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