ScketreWhisp wrote:Yes I wonder why... hmm VG = $200.00 sounds a bit low.. Acaeum pricing shows a VG to be $180 (7 years ago !) ... with today's increases I'd say around $235-239 so you were bit low...I was selling NM for $389.00 which is right on mark for a NM in todays pricesNot sure of your point
ScketreWhisp wrote:I think most will have to pay a premium for them as I'll bid close to what they should sell for not what someone thinks they are worth.
ScketreWhisp wrote:Here is the page I was referring to:http://www.acaeum.com/ddindexes/rares.htmlUpdated Dec 1999Make that almost 8 years ago ... I was wrong again... but I can admit it
ScketreWhisp wrote:Like it or not, Dragons are worth more, you don't have to believe it... Doesn't matter if I want to pay more or someone else does...I have paid more for some, and those that have bought some from me paid more... those are facts... people are paying more for Dragons ....
ScketreWhisp wrote:$389.00 is a 23% markup ($300/.77)
ScketreWhisp wrote:I will bid on and/or buy every Dragon #1 I see anywhere I find it. I will pay up to whatever price I feel they are worth ... you don't see me selling any online at the moment, so what does it matter what I pay for them...
ScketreWhisp wrote:Ok, if those prices are updated prices... then a NM runs about $300.00 according to that price... and that price was posted BEFORE the Dragon Magazine line was discontinued...
serleran wrote:I'll take one off your hands, if you want.
bclarkie wrote:Umm, just a quick FYI, maybe you didn't get this note yet, but Dragon Magazine #1 has been OOP print for well over 30 years now. I am not really sure how the line being discontinued in print has even one iota to do with the rarity or percieved value of #1. Please teach me, oh wise one.
If you are willing to pay
ScketreWhisp wrote:"a magazine that has been out of print for over 3 decades and is now perceived as more valuable since the entire publication is forever gone."
ScketreWhisp wrote:In any event, it's not a huge markup based on the perceived rarity since they stopped publishing the magazine
ScketreWhisp wrote:That's what I posted, so obviously I am aware the magazine has been out of print for over the 30 years... maybe you don't know the definition of decade ... decade = 10 years .. hope that clears that up for you...
ScketreWhisp wrote:I would have paid up to $200.00 for your copy, but once it reached that level, I was no longer interested in it... no I can't bid on your items under one of my 3 accounts (though I thought we were past that), but should you really have something interesting, and I really want it, it will arrive safely
ScketreWhisp wrote:The last Dragon #1 that ended today was set to end around 1415 or so CST... such a bad time for an auction to end... that's 1615 west coast and no one is home yet and not far past lunch heading east. Made the final price I paid a tad over $200.00 and I bid $319.00 for it... goes to show an ending bid time can also drop the final sales price of an item.... oh that's right... it wasn't the lame time the auction ended, it's because nice copies of Dragons aren't worth more than $200.00 because bclarkie said so... thanx for being correct, I saved over $100.00
ScketreWhisp wrote:Ok, if those prices are updated prices... then a NM runs about $300.00 according to that price... and that price was posted BEFORE the Dragon Magazine line was discontinued...$389.00 is a 23% markup ($300/.77) ... that's not a huge markup for a magazine that has been out of print for over 3 decades and is now perceived as more valuable since the entire publication is forever gone.I didn't know buying magazines could be "hostile" ???I will bid on and/or buy every Dragon #1 I see anywhere I find it. I will pay up to whatever price I feel they are worth ... you don't see me selling any online at the moment, so what does it matter what I pay for them...