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Post Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 10:13 am 
 

After a long hiatus of about 15 years I finally came back to my small collection and tried to get a grip on what goes for what and which items I might want to get to complete my collection. It's just... I can't get my head around the current prices on Ebay vs. what is considered a fair price based on the Acaeum's Estimated Values List (tm) (After a few searches on Amazon I've decided to ignore that source entirely, it looks just ludicrous) Have prices gone so much off the rails in recent times? It looks like everyone asks for premium coinage for items that would go through as play copy at most. Am I missing something or is the market a tad crazy at the moment? It's a bit hard for me to properly judge the worth of items in my humble assortment of things, which is nothing to write about but still I would like to get at least a rough overview.

  

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Post Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 1:17 pm 
 

Prices of premium quality items have sky rocketed.
I don't know about TSR published products, but the non-TSR stuff I used to track and sell have seen maybe a 4 fold increase in prices over the past 15 years.
That's for NM copies.

However, a rising tide floats all boats, so you have a real increase in the value of Judges Guild play copies, that 15 years ago were hardly worth even listing on eBay on a count of fees etc. Like play copies sold for less than the cost of shipping back then. But eBay is a bad gauge of prices for two important reasons. 1. The sellers of crap always have, and always will list things at ridiculous prices because they don't care and have no interest in providing buyers with a good buying experience. 2. eBay have removed the ability for buyers to check historic sale prices of items, because this used to keep prices down, reduce sales, and therefor reduce revenue. By hiding the true value of products from the buyers, many are too bone idle to go and find out for themselves, and will just buy or bid regardless, on the basis that if someone else is willing to bid against them it mist be worth it, right?

This is why we have a dedicated team tracking sales and maintaining our valuations, for which I will take this opportunity to extend my gratitude and thanks. They do a wonderful job, and, so far as the TSR products are concerned, The Acaeum remains the most accurate way of estimating the value of something online.

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Post Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 3:48 am 
 

Thanks for the insight, I really appreciate it. For someone who has been out of the loop for so long it really is a bit confusing what is going on at the moment so your explanations really did help. I also spent a bit longer sifting through Ebay and found the setting in advanced search that lets you see only completed auctions from the past. Comparing that with the prices on Acaeum did move prices a bit back in to perspective, aside from the ever present bonkers trades that seem to happen from time to time. So, thanks again, I hope I'm able to get my items up to date again  8)

  
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