Anyone here have an estimated value on a never-used Cherry MX Night Owl? I tried to search through the many pages of this thread before asking, but I didn't have any luck finding anything.
250 ish
So the only two answers I've seen in the past few days have been 300-500 and 250. So I should assume somwhere between 250-500? I guess median would be 375?
I thought the $300-500 range was a little outrageous, I would say anyone who would pay that much already has or has had this cap.
Don't you think that even $250 is outrageous for a small plastic keycap? I do, but the reality is that you will be lucky to see anyone selling for 250, nor 300. If someone put their night owl for 250 their inbox would explode.
My estimate was a little more aligned with the sales I have seen, although those have not been many, and they have been between some prominent members of this community.
I have seen candy corns going for $250.
But none of this means anything. What is something worth? What someone will pay for it.
You are exactly right, that the prices are outrageous. You're also right, that the value is whatever someone is willing to pay.
Unfortunately, what we think and wish the prices were are irrelevant. As long as people are paying those prices, they will stay inflated.
For $250-$300, there would be a ton of buy offers. For $500, it would still sell, but with not as many offers. It could even sell for $800, if the right buyer was desiring it at the time.
So, in the end, it's hard to put one number on the "value".