There are $30 new ones which you can only find at $200 used. If you get a playable $1.99, of which I have hundreds, then the new ones are usually suprefluous, unless you are really into such comparisons of what is done with master tapes in different studios.
Quality: vinyl then versus vinyl now...
What is the difference? If I buy a 1.99, NM copy of somethng and say Music Direct has a new pressing of it for 39.99, is it that much better? Maybe some? None at all? I seem to be finding a wide difference for used NM or Mint copies of vinyl as compared to new pressings that are high enough to break the bank.