Choosing between Reissue and Original pressings


Reissues have been common since quite some time but these days as vinyl has picked up momentum again, there have been some very high quality reissues from labels like Classic, Analogue Productions, Speakers corner, MFSL, Boxstar etc. For any particular album how do you decide whether buy a good reissue or get a good copy of original pressing from ebay ?

For the sake of discussion lets keep out exceptions where the original pressing is too hard to get or too expensive. In most cases it is possible to buy a copy of original pressing for sane amount of money if one shops carefully on ebay but I have also found that quite a few times a high quality reissue can sound better. Whats the general thought among hardcore vinyl followers here ?
pani

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Sometimes the reissues turn out better then an original release. However today I no longer buy re-issued anything, If I have to own it I hunt down an original release , it may have noisy surfaces but at lease the music is a live.
I think the only company you mention that accually did a good job at re-issues was Classic. A couple of examples of poor re-issues was particularly from Speakers Corner and Mobile Fidelity. Speakers Corner with their Mercury Living Presence and decades before Mobile Fidelity with their entire catalogue, a myth has carried on over the decades about their re-issues very few are accually good.
Don't rely on positive chat over the net or favorable reviews ,find the 1 or 2 % that don't like it and put your faith in what they have to say.