Well, I happen to be the other party in Hangman's trade. I was trying to do him a favor by offering up a slabbed sgc30 diamond star high number that he needed...and he wanted to trade me another DS (unslabbed and in lower grade) that he picked up the day before for $21 (that I didn't need). I said I have x in it...if you want to trade me cards that you have x in, I'll be happy to trade. Of course, his cards that he paid x for were worth a lot more than the card I paid the same x for, so the deal wouldn't be fair to him. So yeah, I thought it was a pretty terrible deal too.
It's like every dealer that I traded with when I was a kid...sure kid, the guide says $10, but it's really only worth $5...and the card you want says 1, but it's really worth $10...just give me $5 and the card, then throw it another $5 because I have a business to run blah blah blah.
It is still my greatest joy in collecting...a fair trade.
Mac
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