Originally posted by TLV
> Originally posted by murv> http://www.drury335.freeserve.co.uk/neworder-pg.htm
I'm very skeptical to priceguides, especially for super-rare items, such as the NZ BM. There simply aren't enough copies available to establish some "average" price. The actual price, if ever sold, depends on a lot of parameters that can't be controlled (timing, knowledge of the seller, number of buyers, buyers' desire to own the item, etc.)
Even on fairly non-rare items, a priceguide can be misleading since the standard deviation from the average price can be very large.
The best way, IMHO, is to establish a personal limit to how much you want to pay. That limit, at least for me, has increased over the years, with the introduction of the web, ebay, and a steady income :)
I remeber paying $30 (or something like that) for the mispress of LWTUA b/w BM. I wonder what it would sell for today. I haven't seen it on eBay.
/TLV
For me collecting didnt start seriously until I bought a pc in 2001, although Ive been a fan since 1981, I had no idea how much to spend on items, the guide gave me a general idea on what to pay, and in some cases I paid double the price guide for an item. Without a pc I would never have come across the New Order Discography, the most informative discography by far. Good on you TLV
PS when you gonna update it you lazy f@#ker:D