🦘X-Metal Pricing - Relative Values

[David_Oakley]

More importantly is the fact that many members here are part of a community. I have sold here rather than elsewhere due to respect. It's not about money all the time. I've gotten respect from many and I've reciprocated.

Pricing depends on a lot of things. What you paid originally, how rare an item it is, what the condition or completeness might be, what the current market for them is when you sell. The climate for these things change. I don't want anything that badly that I'd be willing to buy something because it's the only one. There will be another down the road.

Lastly we would all like to have an elusive pair of whatever dirt cheap but you have to be willing to offer a reasonable amount and at the same time sellers need to consider that starting much higher than average and coming down repeatedly shows something about their true goal. I've listed items that haven't sold. I've bumped them too and after a while you need to come to grips with the fact that most of the intended audience has seen the listing and if no ones biting either your item is not as desirable as you thought or your price is so out of line no one bothered to PM you with so much as a counteroffer.

Yep that pretty much sums up the cheap people I called out in my other cheapster thread. In my cases I knew exactly what I had and how rare/exclusive said piece/set was. I was being objective about it and got frustrated with people trying to get it for a steal as if they were truly ignorant of the value (they knew what they were doing).

Any limited edition or special edition piece IS exclusive and DOES command a premium. It just bothered me that many didn't want to pay for it. Also, some wouldn't even tender an offer even those I've primarily included "or best offer" with my listings. My list prices were not too far off (ala $10k R1) so what gives? People wouldn't even bother to offer on a reasonably neighborhood priced set. That was irritating......extremely.

 

[David_Oakley]

I bought some of those at a Vault years ago for $2.00 each.

So what's the intent of stating this? It's a loaded comment. You either make the person feel like garbage through glorious boasting or you're just making yourself glorified by casually leaking this info (no one cares) to the community.

Either way, a jerk move.

 

[David_Oakley]

You are cheap thats it lol.

I think this applies to a lot more people here than most care to admit.

 

[SiRacer420]

I think this applies to a lot more people here than most care to admit.

I admit it! Freely! Dingo does too!

 

[David_Oakley]

also on the ichiros i don't think this will never go up exception for that carbon blue that sold for 1600 (fanatic sale i should say congrats on that) so i think this will be 600-1k range now. Wbc and carbon polished being 800-1k range. As i said only my opinion.

The polished Carbon really is the most unique of all the ichiros so conventional wisdom would deem that the highest value pair of them all. Sadly the valuation of the ichiro is counterintuitive.

When a person will foolishly pay $1500-$1600 for the carbon/blue, market idiocy wins.

Once upon a time someone probably told another that the Carbon/blue ichiro is the rarest (true it's the least produced), therefore it should be 1.5X the value of the next highest valued Ichiro. Same person probably spread lies about the "MJ" R1. The "MJ" R1 is nothing more than a first release 4-serial R1. I don't care about the frivolous distinctions such as the square stems and slightly different shaped OEM lenses. It looks like an X metal R1.....that's it!

Furthermore, there is nothing "MJ" about it sans the red smooth ear socks (again not a care of mine). The original boxes didn't even have a pic of MJ or anything differentiating it from a "regular" R1.

Atleast the Jordan Mars lives up to its distinctiveness.

 

[David_Oakley]

Totally agree.

"The most important things in life aren't things". Anthony J. D'Angelo (founder, Collegiate EmPowerment)

Jesus said it before anyone else. Man cannot live on bread alone.....

Jesus Christ is the ultimate example and life coach on living.

 

[pjd1234]

The polished Carbon really is the most unique of all the ichiros so conventional wisdom would deem that the highest value pair of them all. Sadly the valuation of the ichiro is counterintuitive.

When a person will foolishly pay $1500-$1600 for the carbon/blue, market idiocy wins.

Once upon a time someone probably told another that the Carbon/blue ichiro is the rarest (true it's the least produced), therefore it should be 1.5X the value of the next highest valued Ichiro. Same person probably spread lies about the "MJ" R1. The "MJ" R1 is nothing more than a first release 4-serial R1. I don't care about the frivolous distinctions such as the square stems and slightly different shaped OEM lenses. It looks like an X metal R1.....that's it!

Furthermore, there is nothing "MJ" about it sans the red smooth ear socks (again not a care of mine). The original boxes didn't even have a pic of MJ or anything differentiating it from a "regular" R1.

Atleast the Jordan Mars lives up to its distinctiveness.

Dingo said the mars jordan with matched box is now only worth 700 hahahahahah

 

[David_Oakley]

Traded mine for plasma X xx strike while the iron is hot I always say, that is best thing to do. A solid lesson for all

So by your ways and logic, you are "safely hedged" because you believe your Plasma XX will hold value or appreciate but the Copper Penny will "come back to earth suckers!"?

You can't have it both ways brother

 

[David_Oakley]

As a U.K member I'm interested in the low baller term.
Does that mean offering an unreasonably low price on an already fair price ?
Or
Is it just a way of agreeing on the right price for overpriced item.?

If it's the former then I think that forum members here deserve a bit more respect if their asking price is already fair.

It's emphatically the former

 

[David_Oakley]

If over price, a few of members here will say GLWS !

Yep and that's the annoying part smh.