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A little shopping around may help you uncover some "good-moraled" people where they care about the hobby more than profits, and certainly not out to gouge anyone.

Just because a hobby has the interest it deserves doesn't mean a whole bunch of ill-placed Jack A's and influencers and breakers(oh my) come lately should be infiltrating and ruining it for others.

There will likely never be a policing system in the card world to thwart those whom criminally over-charge which would be nice as this - https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=topps+mcgwire+error&_sacat=0&_sop=16

needs to go away.

Certainly everyone has their rights to put whatever price they want and they also have the right to obtain some tact and class too.

Without quoting the lengthy post, abide said it best. If every collector took this approach, the hobby would slowly get healthy again.

I will only pay what I wish to pay. There is no card out there that I must absolutely have and therefore will break the bank to have it. And getting upset because a seller is asking for 2 to 3 times what I value a card at is not a healthy practice. Walking away without saying anything is. It's a hobby.

Here's their best friend... 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/196108280522?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=j7wyms9xr3k&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=nlg4fM-1QXi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

lol More than once Ive thought if someone pays me 50K for a card Im gonna hand deliver anywhere in the world (the story would be worth the trip!!!!) but in this example its 50K + 4.02 shipping.....would 4.02 even cover a bmwt???

I'm seeing more delusional buyers and sellers. I try to buy local auctions when I can get good values. It's been a long dry spell. I had several good buys last year but not so much this year. I was bidding on a dozen lots this last week that looked like something I might get a buy on. In the end, I got a good buy on one hockey lot that went to me for $1 because nobody who looked at the auction cared about hockey. There were about half a dozen Gretzky cards (nothing of value) but still, a lot of cards were in penny sleeves and card savers that looked like new so the supplies alone were a good buy. All the other lots were crazy high.

I am a better idea about him. Just avoid buying his cards and let him crash and burn. From what I heard a while a go he once bragged to haggle prices at the grocery store and stretch out the acceptable use of coupons to not pay what he owns them, but on the other hand he will try to pretty much rip off buyers for his cards.  He can do what he wants with his cards, but as many of us, I'll rather buy for other sellers and may accept to pay a few more cents rather than giving him a single penny. I am fine that he plays according to his own rule book, but I truly believe that his greed will sink him in the long run.  

Best way to deal with delusional sellers is to just walk away. If someone else wants to overpay thats fine with me,

YEAH!! I think it's the border