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Old 01-28-2021, 09:00 PM
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This is from my 'New Collectorisms' thread and is quite timely, sadly...

170. Nouveau Leech
Someone who, after a famous player dies, immediately floods ebay with a million new, overpriced listings of his cards, trying to quickly turn a huge profit off of his unsuspecting fans’ grief.

See also: Pump-Bump-Chump - a person who falls for this scheme.
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