One side note, the person I am doing this hypothetical trade with had Dune and both expansion on his want list, #1. The "love to have', or "the need to have" semantics ecape me right now...;)
On Saturday, August 4, 2012 12:50:22 AM UTC-6, Wolfe13 wrote: > > No I don't think your flip flopping, more like no one is understanding > what I am actually trading (In my mind! Any Eddie Izzard fans?) > > 2 games (1 can be "flipped") 2 expansions, very rare. Enough components to > make a 3rd or keep you in player shields till the really make an updated > "Dune" Lo. So my mind there are 4 games 2 of considerable rarity that I am > trading not 1... Is that where I am off, my suppositions? > > On Saturday, August 4, 2012 12:45:31 AM UTC-6, RhodesN7 wrote: >> >> I totally forgot it was going to go down too. I don't usually post here >> while it's down but I thought I'd chime in since I saw you. I'll check your >> BGG reply in the morning hopefully! >> >> It's hard for me to comment on your Dune trade. I know Whitechapel is >> pretty rare these days and goes up in value all the time. Eclipse DID just >> come back in print, but even in print it's worth a hefty sum. I haven't >> followed Dune's value in the market at all. >> >> I know personally, it would be hard for me to trade three full size games >> for one, not matter the value. I put a lot of faith in a game every time I >> trade for it. Once, I decided to dive head first into the Call of Cthulhu >> LCG. Traded like 7 games for the core game and like a hundred expansions. >> While it was a fair trade, value wise, I've always regretted it. Assuming >> the games being traded aren't bargain bin trash, I'm never certain there's >> one game that's worth trading a handful of games for. It my sound like i'm >> flip-flopping from my previous statement, but there comes a point where I >> have to consider the amount of fun I'll actually get from a game compared >> to 2 to 5 other games. >> >> Basically, I think value should play a part, but it's hard to rule out >> PERSONAL value too... Tough call. >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/bgg_down/-/QcvR0DIV7ToJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bgg_down?hl=en.
