Price guide for vintage computers

From: Eric J. Korpela <korpela_at_ssl.berkeley.edu>
Date: Mon Oct 29 18:41:52 2001

> Has anyone considered that creating a price guide might do more harm than
> good. What do you think that thrift shops (for example) would do if they had
> a price guide? Jack their prices up to match most likely

My experience have been that thrift shop prices are typically too high
by factors of 2 to 10 on common items and only marginally low on rarer
items. It's as likely that thrift shop owners might decide to lower
their prices on many items to match the guide.

If thrift shops want to raise prices on underpriced items to match the
market, that's fine by me. They are certainly entitled to receive what
the item is worth.

Eric
Received on Mon Oct 29 2001 - 18:41:52 GMT