16 Nov
2006
16 Nov
'06
1:02 p.m.
On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:04:50 -0700, Richard wrote:
In article <200611161809.kAGI9gsb075130 at
keith.ezwind.net>,
"Bob" <caveguy at sbcglobal.net> writes:
> If one was to build and host an online
ComputerCollectables
> list/gallery, > could a knowledge base be created to document collections
> that someday would be > usable as a price guide. Or would such an attempt
> be doomed, due to lack of i nput from the real world ?
In order for this to be useful, it has to be *actual*
price data not
what people "think" something should cost. The latter is a highly
subjective evaluation and you will find many of those in "Collectible
Microcomputers" where I see that on ebay, things *never* go for the
lowball price listed in that book. The former is the kind of thing
you see on ebay. It may not jibe with your subjective evaluation, but
it *is* an actual price that someone paid (assuming no shill bidders).
Other than ebay, what other source of priceing information exsists ?
Dealers will most likely report a differant price than a collector.
Collector will brag to other collectors about getting something for $10 (plus $8
shipping/handeling)
as a great deal for only $10 or about $20 depending on how the conversation is spinning.
The seller recieved an $18 paypal payment for the sale, making the true cost to the
collector $18, yet as far as the dealor is
concerned it sold for $10 even though there may have only been $4 in costs covered by the
$8 shipping fee.
So this same item can be described as having a value between $10 and $18 with the most
accurate value being somewhere
around $14 amount the dealer got for it..... oops forgot to account for paypal and ebay
fees, pick a number between
$8something to $20. And how many dealers are going to publish the true taxable amount of
the sale :)
Concidering all price reporting is subjective I think a blog or wiki format like might
work best.
The work will be in finding people to seed it, concidering the lack of chatter and
comments in the IBMcollectables gallery I
would have to be heavily automates with a voteing system for determining price ranges
..... now that is a thought....
till later
Bob
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