You can, if the pu'er are authentically from the right factory to begin
with.

There are so many "copies" of the originals that some reputable vendors are
selling them online without even realising it.

eBay is one of the best and worst place to find good pu'ers; you are taking
a real gamble, and the stakes are higher if you are going for the expensive
80s and early 90s collectibles.

Besides factories and make, the quality of the ageing also plays a great
part in determining if your Poo Nee is going to worth a lot more or just a
poo's worth.

Danny

"Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>I was checking around on Ebay China yesterday and the 97 vintage ripe
> is 990y and the 92 vintage green is 1590y. Your blemishes may vary.
> Maybe my circa mid eighties ripe is worth something after all and my
> Millenium green just biding it's time. Maybe I should stick those 30
> year old tins of Poo Nee in the safe.
>
> Jim
>
> Lara Burton wrote:
>> alas, no Chinatown. There is a Southeast Asian Market in the closest big
>> city. Next time I'm up there, I'll check. However, I was disappointed
>> in
>> their green selection.
>>
>> Thank-you for the information, though. I will start online and work my
>> way
>> through the pu's. I just didn't want to get something low-priced but
>> low-quality to start that would scare me back to greens exclusively.
>>
>> L
>>
>> "Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
>> oups.com...
>> > If you have access to a Chinatown you could start there. Nothing much
>> > over a penny/gram for cooked or uncooked puerh. What is really common
>> > in Chinatown is http://i17.ebayimg.com/02/i/03/3b/7f/40_1_b.JPG which
>> > is a 100g/green/Tuocha. So doing the math in my Chinatown this goes
>> > for a buck. The 100g/black/Tuocha you normally find is
>> > http://i23.ebayimg.com/02/i/03/3c/09/21_1_b.JPG. For some reason you'd
>> > pay a $1.50 in my Chinatown. The word Tuocha loosely means 'bird nest'
>> > or for us ex southerners a half hollowed cantelope. There are other
>> > Tuochas on the websites but these two should be the cheapest
>> > comparatively. The smallest tuocha I've seen is 5g and the largest
>> > 250g but 100g typical. I think the Rishi you described is cooked. The
>> > terms sheng,uncooked,unripe,fresh are used to describe the green puerh
>> > and shu,cooked,ripe to describe the black puerh. It is overwhelming
>> > but shop around and watch your pocketbook because you don't have to
>> > spend much money to get started. When you move to the beengs or cakes
>> > which are usually 340g+ then you pay more because you get more and more
>> > in demand so start with the tuochas first.
>> >
>> > Jim
>