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No one system of valuing pins is 100% correct...values are always in flux based on supply and demand.
I find eBay completed listings to be the single best place to confirm value. But really, I use a mix of everything for my personal guides- what I paid, what the trading is like for it, eBay, edition size, etc.
That said, expecting to get COST on some of these pins is just silly. I mean, come on...really? Pins go up in value for a reason, after all- more people want them than the edition size can support. Sure, it would be NICE is everyone could get pins they really, really want for cost...but that's just not realistic.
I didn't find his or her response particularly rude, but it was kind of aburpt and perhaps poorly worded. It probably wouldn't have come off so bad if it had been done with a more friendly tone, and more conversational...
I find eBay completed listings to be the single best place to confirm value. But really, I use a mix of everything for my personal guides- what I paid, what the trading is like for it, eBay, edition size, etc.
That said, expecting to get COST on some of these pins is just silly. I mean, come on...really? Pins go up in value for a reason, after all- more people want them than the edition size can support. Sure, it would be NICE is everyone could get pins they really, really want for cost...but that's just not realistic.
I didn't find his or her response particularly rude, but it was kind of aburpt and perhaps poorly worded. It probably wouldn't have come off so bad if it had been done with a more friendly tone, and more conversational...