If I pay your asking price for something, how can you be anything but happy? If we're wheeling and dealing, and I agree to your offer, how can you be anything but happy? In my many years as a dealer, I probably sold more stuff to dealers than to collectors. Was I supposed to be unhappy because they were buying so much from me? On the contrary, I was thrilled because I knew they'd always be back looking for more. And I respected them because they had the knowledge and put in the hard work to make buying from me pay off for them. I also tried to learn from them, looking for more stuff like what they bought and constantly adjusting my idea of values based on what happened at my table. It's called arbitrage in the financial world, finding a gap between what someone will sell something for and what someone else will pay for it, and cashing in on that knowledge. Happens all over the world, in many markets. Nothing unethical about it.
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