I've got the chance to pick up #10190 Market Street from someone fairly local to me. The set appears complete (there are a few pieces in a sandwich bag inside the box, including the tan/grey tiles for the rooftop). The instructions are in very good condition, the box is structurally sound, but has quite a lot of shelf wear and some parcel tape damage. I won't say what's being asked for it as I want to get a gut feeling reaction from you guys to try and work out if it's a reasonable price - I've looked on Bricklink but it doesn't look like there's a similar condition item on there at the moment, and there's a fairly substantial price gap between Bricklinked ones and ones with the box and instructions, but from the sounds of it in slightly better condition than this.
For me personally, it's a set that would go on display and one that I'm willing to pay the right money for, but only the right money.
Any help much appreciated!
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but id offer £300-350 and see how the seller responds
This is greatly subjective. There's an amount of money, unique to you, that you can yank out of your wallet that would make it worthwhile for you to own, yet still allow you to sleep at night. Figure that number out, then pay less.
I would be happy paying $800 but you may be willing to pay more or less. It's hard to put a price on it that is universally accepted as "reasonable."
Based on that, I'd offer $320 - $400 Euro, maybe a little more if I was able to verify it was 100% complete.
Off topic: What an ugly modular. I think it would look much better in another color. I'm thinking of bricklinking it in a shade of yellow or green...
So if you wanted to value as "sum of parts" I'd think of it like that. So ideally then you want to pay a bit less than that, whatever it amounts to.
That said, buy it for $250.00 and sell it to me for $350.00. Everybody wins. Except the guy selling it. And the middle-man. So, basically, just I win. But that works for me. As it should.
This is still a large demand for this set (even though it's probably the ugliest modular, those that want a complete set of modulars seem to be willing to shell out a decent amount for this one). So... you can go for low, but if your seller has a clue, he can likely make a better profit elsewhere.
Also, @monstblitz - 20 to 30% seems excessive. I have not sold on eBay, but I had thought their fees were around 10%, and shipping costs should not factor in because buyers typically pay for that anyway.
I'm so glad there are people out there that can look past such things. Otherwise, I would have never gotten married.