I have to agree. I would pay for this type of information. It would save me
money in the long run, easily paying for itself. I'm also willing to donate
all my purchase/sale information (although some of it would be duplicates).
Tell us more!
Tom
> Gary Reese said:
>
> >For nearly three years, I've
> >recorded each and every auction for single items or standard body/lens
> >combos on virtually everything marketed in the OM System.
>
> >I've also condition graded all of these individual auctions,
> >based on all the word and picture clues the seller provided, plus coded
> >an uncertainty level if I had more than typical doubts
>
> >However, I seriously question whether many folks would
> >pay for such rigorously compiled data and a statistically valid analysis
> >of the same.
>
> You . . . have . . . three years of * POPULATION * data, not just data
> from a convenience sample?!? WITH CONDITION GRADES?!! Must . . . sit . .
> . down (taking deep breaths, grasping onto arms of chair, feeling dizzy,
> speaking while head is placed between knees--) Gary, you have an
> incredibly valuable resource here. Your data should be the basis of a
> published camera price guide, and an exceedingly accurate one at that. I
> would gladly pay for such information, either in pre- or post-
> publication form. Um, considering the investment of time this must have
> taken . . . how did you pull this off? Are you funded by a third party to
> collect this data? Do you have some kind of program that automatically
> DLs this information? Have you (shudder) been doing it by hand? How did
> this come about? Have you approached any publishers and told them about
> your dataset?
>
>
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