Well, firstly I think we have to say a big thank you to Owen for taking the time to to put this booklet together, it can only imagine how much hard work it would have been and will continue to be with ongoing updates etc, so here goes my attempt at reviewing this book.
1st, the content is not complete, in the Dynamic series a great many cards are missing or are not even mentioned, such as 1994 Series Gold signature cards, 1994 Series 2 Supporters Choice signature cards, 1994 Masters Captain's Choice Acetate cards & the Steve Renouf signature card set. In addition the 1995 series appears to me to be misleading, in the booklet the Force 5 signature cards are priced at $100, nothing about the standard Force 5 cards and in series 2 the Playmakers cards are priced at $120 but nothing is mentioned about the Playmakers signature cards.
This trend continues with 1996 Series 1 and Series 2, no mention of the National Heroes and All Fired Up signature cards. Plus where is the 1996 Signature Gold series (I would say it must be on some of the pages that are missing, 12 pages indeed).
2nd, this price guide does not seem to take into account the difficulty of obtaining certain cards, for instance the 2003 XL club player of the year card featuring John Skandalis, this card is as rare as rocking horse ****e and is valued at far more than 3 dollars. Also lets consider the Team of the Centuary Foiled Sigs, someone please show me where I can buy these for 15 dollars each.
I sat down and worked out what I would make if I was a reseller / dealer and was selling the 2011 Champions at these stated prices, based on those prices I would have to sell every card including all base sets (and we were generous with the rookie prices cause they arn't mentioned) and I would not make enough money to cover the wholesale price of a case. So I might as well close up shop and find another job.
So thanks for your efforts, it is a noble cause to try to define a card price but I do not think what has been achieved here will benefit the card industry, there is just too much missing, tazo's, telegraph cards, premiership sets to name a few.
The biggest problem is that having this price guide independant of any sellers (am assuming ebay was the main source of statistical data) you are only sampling a small portion of the sales market and the true worth of a card is never realised. I will chuck this book in the cupboard and that is where it will stay...........Owen, my intent with this is not to cause you grief, these are my opinions and mine alone, much as the price guide is your opinion on the worth of a card/s.
Dave
