Valuation Threads --- A mixed blessing?

[Lakey]

so why ask the question
unless they have had it in the loft for twenty years surely they remember what they paid for it
i have seen these type of threads posted by someone who only bought the thing a month ago / on here so are they asking if its value has gone up or down

Maybe thy are just seeking reassurance that the 'good deal' they thought they had was really a good deal?

My question still stands - Does replying to valuation threads help to fuel ever escalating prices, by educating sellers, or would it be beter not to reply to them and therefore leave sellers 'in the dark' thereby hoping for a bargain?

Mally,from what you have said, you perhaps favour the latter course of action?

I agree that it is the seller responsibility to arrive at his own price, however that is why these valuation threads arise. to help them establish that price.