Moongewl wrote:
I wonder if the price is rocketing because of the Tarla releases. Imagine it this way: Tarla's giveaway releases a bunch of specific piece types. People collect those pieces and think, "Hey, maybe I should finish the map off." Or they decide to hoard map pieces, anticipating instability in the market because of the market being suddenly flooded. Boom, inflation. I don't know if releasing more pieces all at once would help, or just destabilize the prices further.
Piece 7 deflated quite a fair bit after it was handed out in a giveaway - correct me if I'm wrong. A few days ago, the cheapest price was 30k in the shops. When I purchased it in May '07 (I think just after the giveaway) the cheapest I found was 41k.
I now have a spare piece 7 (amongst a few other spares) and am wondering the same thing - do I park it in the SDB on the chance that a few months down the track, I can recoup my 'loss' and sell at greater than 41k, or join in flooding the market at present?
Somebody should do an analysis of the price trends of each piece and publish the results! Hehe. If only it wasn't so hard to find 'em on the wiz!
larph wrote:
i'm trying to buy it lately too. not going so well. sad that i've been on for 4 years or so and haven't bothered to finish it sooner.
larph, as another 'long-timer' who decided not to complete the map/buy faerie paintbrushes 4-5 years ago, I'd say bite the bullet and just buy the set now
Even a few months ago, one could buy the entire set off the TP for 550-600k. Now the going price is more in the high 700s and I've seen quite a few requests for 800k too!