I don't have an issues with his prices, just amazement. That his prices are frequently many multiples of fair pricing is his choice, and it is his buyers choice to do no research and just buy the first copy they see (or however it is they decide to pay 10x value). At some point getting ripped off kind of falls on the idiot who refuses to do any research or look anywhere else. His website has great scans of every card and the grade notes his tool displays are awesome. Occasionally he has commons at a fair price, and I have bought them (.89 for 50's Topps non-sport to fill out my needs was my last buy, and a 63 Nitschke in G-VG for $8), but by and large the pricing is lunacy and I cannot figure out how people are dumb enough to pay that much when the same card can be bought that same day from someone else for many multiples less.
What is is annoying is that it is very difficult to block his ridiculous listings and not waste my time scrolling past his wares. He cross lists to eBay, had a deal with COMC to flood their listings for awhile, hell his crap is even on Amazon. It is difficult to shop online and not see his inventory constantly, which is clearly a working business model.
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