Prices of Ungraded WOTC Sets?

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I’m looking for some hive mind advice, what do we consider an average price for an ungraded WOTC complete set?

I know it will vary by set, so be sure to list the set and price.

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Way too many things to consider here. Condition, set, 1st edition/unlimited/shadowless(in the case of base)?

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I don’t think you’ll get the answer you want here. Value is too heavily dependend on the condition. Other than that, some sets almost never appear on the open market (like the E-reader sets). And even then, the price today could be a whole lot different than in a few months.

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True statements. But for the sake of discussion, let’s say it’s any of the WOTC pre e-Reader series complete sets, unlimited, potential grades of 5 to 9.

For such sets I generally shoot for an average of $200, more or less depending on the size of the set.

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That seems about right. Again, it mostly depends on condition of the key holos. The Neo sets would be also way more than $200 in just about any condition if it includes the Shinings.
Stuff like Base, Jungle, Fossil, Rocket, Gym is indeed around $200-250 for a set.

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If you’re looking to do a dirty, back-of-an-envelope calculation, try this:

x = (average cost per common/uncommon) * (number of common/uncommons)y = (average cost per rare) * (number of rares)z = (average cost per holo) * (number of holos)
cost = x + y + z
If the set has holos that are particularly expensive (charizards, shinings, legendary pokemon, etc), take them out of the calculation for z and add them separately

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Pretty much all those sets are on eBay right now. Go to www.ebay.com and search ‘base complete set Pokemon’ or ‘fossil complete set pokemon’
It’s really easy:)

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Now that’s what I am talking about!

I have used this method:

Holos: $10
Rares: $5
Uncommons: $2.50
Commons: $1.25

Not very accurate but like you said, this is back-of-the-envelope math.