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A recent post gathered many opinions about people asking value questions.

Let me explain my situation. There is hardly a day goes by that someone doesn't send me an email requesting me to put a value on a gas pump or air meter that they have found. First of all I don't buy gas pumps, I just write books about gas pumps. As for air meter, yes if I can I buy any air meter that I feel I can make money on it, I try and buy it. But most of the meters I buy come from Ebay.

Gas pumps: They usually send me one picture, one one that really p..... me off the message was "What is it worth." That is all, just that. No answer, just hit the delete button.

A few send me three or four pictures, no offer to sell it to me, just what can they sell it for.

I am in a position that I don't want to make anybody mad because I will shortly have a new Gas Pump ID (with values) book coming out, so what should I do?

If you received a request like this every week, would you reply?

My polite answer is usually, I cannot put a value an anything I cannot touch.

Any opinions?

Jack Sim