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Re: Supply and demand
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lugnet.market.theory
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Tue, 14 Dec 1999 15:15:51 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Scott Arthur writes:
> I think the question is also "what is a set worth?". There are very few • people on
> the planet who would pay even $100 for a used 4558. Just because AFOL's do, • are
> they really worth that? Or is what they go for at local charity shops and • garage
> sales the real value?
How about what you can get for them after the Y2K apocalypse occurs?
= )
No, really -- I think the garage sale is the true guage of the price. If they
are sold to the masses, then we should go by the price for "used" among the
masses also. We collectors are nuts -- truly! All collector stuff is this
way.
-- Richard
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| (...) Garage sale prices should NEVER be assumed to have anything to do with the true "value". The value is always what people will pay for an item, given reasonably complete knowledge of the market. eBay prices are perhaps some of the closest to (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| I think the question is also "what is a set worth?". There are very few people on the planet who would pay even $100 for a used 4558. Just because AFOL's do, are they really worth that? Or is what they go for at local charity shops and garage sales (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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