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Posted By: davidcycleback

For outsiders' opinions, I asked my retired parents the question. My mom said "Depends whether or not the seller is an as*hole." My dad, who is a non-collector and non-dealer, said someone could buy it at that price and if it sold for a lot more could return some of the money. Both agreed you shouldn't cheat a newbie out of money, even if he set the price. Both also understood and appreciated that a dealer is buying to resell for a profit, and they had no problem with that. Both were commenting on the "Van Gogh for $5" and "T206 Wagner for $3" scenarios, not standard garage sale discounts on a shoe box of 1970s Topps.