> The other difficulty with price guides is that they don't reflect > regional (or national) variations in prices. One price does *not* fit > all.
With CGC, I don't plan on representing an "exact" value, which is why I use the range approach. (I.E. $20 - $40) > Also, I would second your comments on buyers determining the values of > their games. Most people look at the high end prices if there is a > price guide and assume that is the going rate for whatever they have. > They 'bond' with that price and tend to be unhappy if their stuff > doesn't fetch that amount. Wether there is a price guide price or not, people have an idea about what a game is worth. > If someone was going to keep a price guide I'd like to be able to see > the data behind it. Knowing how many data points make up that price > (and who the buyer was) is crucial. I personally wouldn't accept any > number as reliable until it was backed up by at least a 100 > sales/auctions over the course of a couple of years. For example, one > shrinkwrapped Apple II Starcross saucer driven up to $2,000 in an > auction isn't a number with any relevance to long term collectibility. There are too many variables with sales/auctions; for instance, a poorly presented auctions might fetch a low-ball amount for a certain game and bring down the average, and over the course of 2 years the value would in part represent how many times the item was poorly and well presented in a sense. This is of course, assuming a fleet of people could be assembled to watch Ebay for years and build the initial price guide. Not gonna happen. So does everyone think I should pull the "mint sealed" price column from CGC? It was never meant to be controversal, twas merely a 'fun' guideline if that, to promote the fact that old games are worth money and to encourage growth. I'll pull it if everyone wants it gone though. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
