Message #133842

[pinsanity]

Have you made any analysis on the LE market trends yet. It would be interesting to see how they hold their value.

I have some data on that.

As expected there is plenty of hearsay on this but little hard evidence (some backyard deals and auctions being pulled prior to completion).

Having said that here are the numbers I have.

Buy Price from AMD for ACDC LE was 9250, and Premium was 8200 for those who need reminding.

2 BIBLE sales of 10,000 and 10,500 at the start of last year just after the LE's had landed and when the ACDC hype machine "SOLD OUT IN 3 DAYS!!!" was in overdrive. This appears to be the high water mark for actual sales rather than later repeat listings of "fishing for a sucker."

1 HUO LTBR with mirror blades sale for 8950 late last year.

1 BIBLE HUO with mirror blades, guitar mods, drum mods and bell mod for 9,500 last week.

1 Premium for 7500 late last year.

1 Premium for <7995 last month.

1 Premium with shaker motor for 7000.

Some of these are word of mouth (the high water mark), some of these are ebay listings which ran their course and only attracted a single bid in the last minute, and some are pulled auctions. In the case of a pulled auction I think it is reasonable to subtract at minimum a few hundred dollars from the price I have stated in order to deduce the actual sales price (thereby avoiding the ebay fees/paypal fees/aftermarket headaches of making a sale through ebay).

As you said they seem to be "holding their value" reasonably well, but those who purchased one looking to profiteer (a quick flip for a few thousand over initial buy price) are going to have a tough row to hoe.

My premium (HUO) with shaker kit sold $7000 late last year.

Thanks MartyJ I'll add it to my data file.