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Topic: NEW: Price Valuations

  1st Mar 2020, 9:15 AM
OldMod67

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Quad5point1 wrote:
Lee Wrecker wrote:
No comments on this thread for 18 days and still it's pinned to the top of the forum list. Is there a reason? Anyway, while I'm here I'll comment on the valuations addition to the site and state or re-state as it has been said before that the value of music in any format is subjective and dependent on how much someone is prepared to pay and what some else is willing to accept as a price. The net reinforces this view with a variety of sites listing the same article at wildly variable prices. Usually, Amazon and Ebay have ridiculously high valuations as the listings are posted by individuals that are in general uninformed and have unrealistic high expectations. Discogs is a better guide as it is a current real time marketplace and items can be assessed across a variety of sellers. Still it's not perfect and as a young person in the Brisbane punk scene that knew a lot of bands in the late 70's I have a lot of independent singles from the the time. Discogs lists many of these around the $2 000 to $5 000 mark. Well, they're certainly not worth that in this country and round my neck of the woods you'd be lucky to get $10 for some of these items. Another thing I've noticed is that when people value there own things they tend to value them highly or even transpose the value of an original or rare release to a very commonly available re-issue.The point is value like money does not exist without faith and a lot of the time peoples' faith in the value of there own things is misplaced.

Does the Discogs system have a better valuation structure because they also allow sales on site and can easily track what an item sells for and have sales figures from other sites such as Popsike and even eBay?.

I think Lee Wrecker has put the point clearly about the subjective value of our cherished vinyl. After all the discussions on pricing, there is hopefully no disagreement here.
The point of Quad5point1 I believe is correct also. Discogs, whilst also relying on what folks are prepared to shell out, is also a better guide in GENERAL than ebay. What I wouldn't want to see however, is 45cat/worlds evolving into a sales site. For aficionados, having a site such as this, which is not sales driven, is refreshing.


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