Primarily Petroliana Shop Talk Forums Shop Talk Petroliana Forums General Petroliana Discussion Poll: Value Questions moved to New Forum?

Another forum category has been proposed for Petroliana Value Questions. They have been part of the General Petroliana Discussion forum.

Vote your preference to make a new forum or keep value questions in General Discussion.

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Split off petro collectible value questions into a new forum? single choice

Make a new forum for Value Questions (64%, 53 Votes)

Keep Value Questions in General Discussion (36%, 30 Votes)

Total Votes: 83 Voting on this poll ends: Fri Jan 21 2011 09:00 PM

A Value Forum would be great IF comments were kept just to the value.
Would make for easier scanning w/o;
"I like your sign"
"would look good in/on my Barn/Fence/Wall/Collection/etc."
"I bought mine 5yrs ago for $XXX in better condition"
"here is what it looks like in better condition"

yes i agree with DB only if it were for asking "hey, what's this sign/can worth" and getting a response that applies to todays market. ex: Q= hey guys whats this can worth? A= $25 IMO.

We would have to come up with some guidelines so that it stays on track and doesn't turn into a mixture of For Sale, Showcase or General Discussion forum.

Here are the Guidelines we should go by........

I agree, it's to easy to get off track. Value only...if that's possible!

DB is right on,Value only. When some of us veteran collectors that's been around awhile state a value, our opinions are based on knowledge gained from years of being in the hobby, going to swap meets,car shows,antique shows,auctions and trends over time. most of this is in our heads. While my opinion on something may be different from DB in california,KZ in the east or Paddy in the south, it's our opinions based on our personal experience. So whoever asks for value on an item, expect to get differing opinions and weigh them all collectively to draw your own conclusion as these are just that, our opinions. ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;Ron

Could be tough.

If you add a new forum, you'll need the additional guidelines to keep comments focused on value....and the moderators will have to devote more time to making sure those guidelines are followed. Jim & Ryan, do you really want to add to your work load? It's easy to sit back and say the site should have this or that, but the people saying that aren't the ones that have to spend their time making sure the rules are followed. More guidelines or rules = more work for the mods. The mods will have to edit or delete more posts which = which will give more members something to complain about.

Another guideline should be no "I saw someone ASKING $$$$$ on Ebay or Craigslist" ....only sold for should be accepted. This one is really one of my pet peeves!

Jim

FIRST AND FOREMOST ARE DECENT PICTURES OF SAID ITEM LOOKING FOR VALUATION. ALOT OF TIMES ONLY ONE PICTURE IS PROVIDED OF A CAN, SIGN, GLOBE OR A PUMP. SEEING/VIEWING ALL SIDES OF AN ITEM IN QUESTION IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO GET AN HONEST OPINION. CLOSE-UPS OF TROUBLE AREAS AND DATES/MFGRS ARE ALSO A PLUS SINCE MOST OF THE APPRAISERS
CAN'T BE THERE TO HANDLE THE ITEM. JM3C!

I voted for the new forum on values because I would hope the seperation might encourage more interesting discussions under the regular forum.If you recall,there have been a few recently that made us as a group really think,analyze and try to help people with what I considered worthwhile projects.

I think that is an area where our knowledge and experience can really be of benefit to newbies and veterans alike.

My pet peeve is people who get on here and ask the value on EVERY item they purchase. Like stated above, there are other places to do your own research. I'm not saying I haven't asked values before either, but it does get old seeing the same people post "what's it worth" all the time.

I agree with Tara. Like I just replied to JimmyD's post on globes, do LOTS of studying and leg work before jumping on here every 5 minutes asking what the item is worth. The internet is a wonderful tool, for sure, on so many levels. It should take about 5 minutes on Ebay to see what a common can or item is worth in today's market. I use it all the time to get ideas of value and I work from there and make my own decision.
I too have asked over the years for values, but generally those have been in regards to really top grade or hard to find items which are harder to research the generic easy ways, and the help of experts in our field is my best option.
Darin

Amen.