Not saying it is the case here with this card, but we all know that sometimes an unscrupulous person will gladly pay even a hefty AH fee to get a big sale number in the data record.
In such a case the owner might be sitting on a few similar or identical cards, and then even if they sell later direct at a beefy discount from the AH hammer, there will be substantial profit.
Enough profit where paying the AH fee on a "sale" paid off well.
It's happened before in the hobby and will happen again.
|