> Well, I have to admit that I like the idea of knowing what my collection is > worth as a whole...even if it has no basis in reality. I'm thinking in the > order of $10 billion :-) Maybe you can put an "owner's estimated value" > field that isn't displayed generally, but would be used to calculate the > value of the collection? > > However, I also wouldn't mind seeing it just go away.
One of the fields when adding a game is "paid", which is the $ you bought the game for (or the amount you are selling it for if you choose to put it "for sale". This could be used to calculate "investment" so to speak, which might be a happy medium for those opposing the whole ballpark-price idea. Brad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh Falk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 8:26 PM Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Greetings > Well, I have to admit that I like the idea of knowing what my collection is > worth as a whole...even if it has no basis in reality. I'm thinking in the > order of $10 billion :-) Maybe you can put an "owner's estimated value" > field that isn't displayed generally, but would be used to calculate the > value of the collection? > > However, I also wouldn't mind seeing it just go away. > > Hugh > > -----Original Message----- > From: CcomputerGameCollector [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 1:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Greetings > > > > 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/[email protected]/ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/[email protected]/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/[email protected]/
