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Blue Book Evaluation
Who is running this Blue Book Evaluation???? WE all know the Blue
Book prices are set by dealers. I still remember when I was young and did not know the vaue of my wintahe Mcintosh tube amplier. I took it to a local dealer and he gave me the Blue Book Value. $42!!!!! Later I found the amo was worth about $500 on the open market. I have found many items in the Blue Book that were valued far less then one can get on the open market. Prices are based on market value. Some items become porced treasures by collcecters and will bring much higher prices then the blue book listings. While I agree there are times when people put up for sale gear at prices that are far more then their market value, there are those other times when a persi=on puts up a piece of gear at a fair price and then gets slamed by the RAM BLUE BOOK VALUE. |
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"Johann" wrote in message om... Who is running this Blue Book Evaluation???? WE all know the Blue Book prices are set by dealers. I still remember when I was young and did not know the vaue of my wintahe Mcintosh tube amplier. I took it to a local dealer and he gave me the Blue Book Value. $42!!!!! Later I found the amo was worth about $500 on the open market. I have found many items in the Blue Book that were valued far less then one can get on the open market. Prices are based on market value. Some items become porced treasures by collcecters and will bring much higher prices then the blue book listings. While I agree there are times when people put up for sale gear at prices that are far more then their market value, there are those other times when a persi=on puts up a piece of gear at a fair price and then gets slamed by the RAM BLUE BOOK VALUE. Johann, It's this guy: http://groups.google.com/groups?as_e...lace&lr=&hl=en |
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On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 06:04:47 GMT, R wrote:
(Johann) wrote in . com: Who is running this Blue Book Evaluation???? WE all know the Blue Book prices are set by dealers. I still remember when I was young and did not know the vaue of my wintahe Mcintosh tube amplier. I took it to a local dealer and he gave me the Blue Book Value. $42!!!!! Later I found the amo was worth about $500 on the open market. I have found many items in the Blue Book that were valued far less then one can get on the open market. Prices are based on market value. Some items become porced treasures by collcecters and will bring much higher prices then the blue book listings. While I agree there are times when people put up for sale gear at prices that are far more then their market value, there are those other times when a persi=on puts up a piece of gear at a fair price and then gets slamed by the RAM BLUE BOOK VALUE. Truth of the issue is that McCarty is posing as a valid Bluebook valuation service. He always quotes trade-in values. Actuially, he ofter quotes prices out of this air, far lower that *any* price in the blue book. www.orionbluebook.com is the only valid site with real numbers. .... and even these prices are for guidance only, highly slanted in dealers' favour. By the same token, price statistics taken from ebay transactions tend to be inflated. In any case, asking for *any* price is not a rip off, by law. This is a 'buyer beware' economy and it's up to the buyer to decide how much he or she is willing to pay. As to Brian, he is the NGs' scourge and clown, rolled into one. No one takes him seriously and very few even bother to read what he has to say. -- Ron They have a free service that will give you retail figures. http://www.usedprice.com/retail/choo...sociateid=1403 usedprice.com is their domain as well. r |
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They have a free service that will give you retail figures. http://www.usedprice.com/retail/choo...sociateid=1403 Just for chuckles I looked up Bose 901 speakers. I found this; "Description: (9)4.5" VOICE COIL DRIVERS, BLACK ASH FINISH". I know what they are trying to say, but their inaccurate description makes me wonder about their overall attention to accuracy. I chose not to follow through with the look-up as I didn't want to give them my email address. I did read the disclaimer which reminded me of a pitch given to me by a local Honda salesman. He was trying to convince me that Hondas hold their value by showing me one of their newspaper ads for used Hondas. I then asked if these were the prices they actually received and he lost a bit of his bluster. This experience makes me wonder if soliciting retailers for the selling prices of used equipment reflects actual prices or what retailers would like the prices to be. The bottom line is that regardless of what the "Blue Book" says, the real monetary value of a particular item at a particular time is the price agreed to between a willing seller and a willing buyer. John |
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monetary value of a particular item at a particular time is the price agreed to between a willing seller and a willing buyer. Of course, an unwilling seller and and unwilling buyer works too. |
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Brian McCarty has been know for years as a real joke on rec.audio.highend.
"Robert Morein" wrote in message ... "Johann" wrote in message om... Who is running this Blue Book Evaluation???? WE all know the Blue Book prices are set by dealers. I still remember when I was young and did not know the vaue of my wintahe Mcintosh tube amplier. I took it to a local dealer and he gave me the Blue Book Value. $42!!!!! Later I found the amo was worth about $500 on the open market. I have found many items in the Blue Book that were valued far less then one can get on the open market. Prices are based on market value. Some items become porced treasures by collcecters and will bring much higher prices then the blue book listings. While I agree there are times when people put up for sale gear at prices that are far more then their market value, there are those other times when a persi=on puts up a piece of gear at a fair price and then gets slamed by the RAM BLUE BOOK VALUE. Johann, It's this guy: http://groups.google.com/groups?as_e...lace&lr=&hl=en |
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