Price Guide - Underpriced Sets

[David W]

Originally Posted by Volod

If you could go back to 1963 and ask a Jello ad executive if the cards should be carefully placed on the package so that they could be cut out without being damaged, he would probably look at you like you just slipped out of a loony bin: "None of these things are going to be around next year - who the * cares?"

haha, good point.

Also, I'm sure some of the Jello cards, being mangled and trimmed horribly end up being sold as Post Cereal.

I know I've bought a few lots off Ebay, and one time I got a couple Jello's mixed in.

[SMPEP]

I thought about that after I wrote my email.

I know it's a tough job, but it amazes me how many cards are mispriced in the guidebooks.

I mean yeah, you certainly get it wrong the first year. But then you get feedback, and correct a few prices, and then next edition is a bit better. And then you get feedback on that edition, and so forth.

They've had enough editions now that I would think that they would at least get some of the really obvious mispriced stuff replaced.

But they do have a thankless job, because everyone's going to push the stuff they have ... so how do they know without being an expert on everything ... and that is not possible.

[ALR-bishop]

It was all up to Bob and one guy can only do so much, even with input from others. I never used SCD as a price guide, just a great checklist