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Posted By: Joann

Yes, a buyer can do whatever he wants with a card as soon as he owns it. I have given price breaks because someone needed it, like college students, need for card, whatever. I do this because that person has appealed to the universal connection we all have with cards and collecting, and to my sense of cameraderie within the hobby. If his collecting or financial needs change and he sells - even quickly - no problem. But if someone makes that appeal and then turns around to make his extra money - I have a problem. I will respond to fellow hobbyists and needs for cards and pricing. But if someone asked me to drop the price to allow him to make a bigger profit - of course I'd say no.

So the false pretenses basically take that money out of my pocket and put it in his - and I can't see any way that is fair, or capitalist, or whatever. If people do a lot of that, and it's considered fair game, no one will get or give any breaks at all - and that would be a shame. So yes, a buyer can do what he wants with a card as soon as he owns it. But if I had someone "take" me via emotional appeal just to increase his profit on a flip, I wouldn't sell to that person again at any price. Nor buy.

Joann