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Feature Requests/Announcements / Re: Edit "current value unknown"?

February 12, 2013, 10:01:23 PM

What I mean is that I bought MP-1 MISB when it came out, I paid $150 for it -- then I opened it. So I have it as purchased condition (sealed) then current condition (loose).

Though I think in a situation like that it should default to the current market price, no?

Should it? I haven't looked at the code in a while, but I think what we do is fall-through to the value for the next-best condition if nothing else is available. So for example, if we don't have any data for "sealed" condition, but we do have data for "opened", then we'll use that.

I suppose the whole system could use another pass, but it's a lot better than it used to be.

As for the current value -- I figure most collectors that purchase a TF open it, so it usually winds up losing value. That should be reflected for the aggregate price. Sometimes they gain value, especially most G1s, but think about something like Energon or BW. I doubt I could get sticker price for many of those if I tried to sell them today.

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Feature Requests/Announcements / Re: Edit "current value unknown"?

February 12, 2013, 08:53:23 PM

Right, but I've got a good 75 items or so with no valuation, mainly a bunch of loose figures. And for whatever reason the site thinks my most valuable item is MP-1 with box (at $377) when I know that number is more than 2x overvalued. I'd rather have my own values for some if not all of them.

The way it's supposed to work is that if the only value we have for an item is the "price paid" that you yourself supplied, then it should echo that number back to you as the "value" for the item, and only to you. If that's not working, then I'll have to fire up the 'ol debugger. Please provide a link to a page in your collection that is displaying the behavior, and I'll get on it. Thanks much, and welcome aboard.

Thanks for the response, shmax!

http://www.shmax.com/view_collection/650/2675  this shows my MP-1 at the bottom of the page. When I delete the listing, my total value drops by $377.51, not the $150 I listed.

Looking at the MP-1 link Wajo357 posted, it looks like 2 datapoints completely skew the loose price. I think I should technically change mine to Opened, since I still have the box.

Anyways... could the issue be the fact that I paid for it sealed, but it's currently loose? Though I think in a situation like that it should default to the current market price, no?

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Feature Requests/Announcements / Re: Edit "current value unknown"?

February 12, 2013, 06:49:54 PM

Right, but I've got a good 75 items or so with no valuation, mainly a bunch of loose figures. And for whatever reason the site thinks my most valuable item is MP-1 with box (at $377) when I know that number is more than 2x overvalued. I'd rather have my own values for some if not all of them.

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Feature Requests/Announcements / Edit "current value unknown"?

February 12, 2013, 05:48:09 PM

So I'm new to the website, and I just recently threw in my collection. Loving it so far.

Anyways, for valuations... is there any way I can edit some of my figures to include a rough estimate of their current value? I just bought MP Soundwave and the site doesn't know how much it's worth, so I'd like to ballpark it around $200 and have that be included in (or next to) my "Worth at least" sidebar. I'd think it would be cool to keep track of this, and/or keep it separate (obviously some people can scam this and overvalue their collection -- so my choices shouldn't affect any one else's) so that I can get a decent approximation of the total value of my collection.

Obviously I can do this myself in the exported Excel file, but I was hoping to have the option here.

Thanks!