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JKt206king - a card is not always worth what you paid. obviously you havent done enough buying and selling to figure that out. I bought an e93 wagner for 900. I can tell you for a certainty that the card is worth well over 2000. I buy cards on ebay all the time for prices that are lower than what I believe I will later be able to sell a card for.
Mark - stating what price you paid for a card is not a material statement about the card itself. Its a collateral matter. As far as a buyer wanting to have some idea of the value should he/she need to sell it at some future date, that is the buyer's responsibility. The seller is under no obligation to insure that the buyer is getting a good deal. All the seller is required to do is provide an authentic, unaltered card (if that is how the card has been represented).
Further, even assuming for the sake of argument that somehow the buyer does rely on the seller's purchase price (or statement as to purchase price) to determine value, unless the seller is specifically asked for the information by the buyer and informed by the buyer that he is relying solely on the seller's representation as to the worth of the card, there is no way any court finds a seller guilty of fraud for saying he has more in the card than he actually does. If not, then I can imagine the scenerio where I actually over pay significantly for a card and tell a buyer truthfully that I have 500 in the card, if I then fail to tell the buyer that while I have 500 in the card but its only worth 200, have I now fraudulently induced a buyer to overspend on the card despite saying nothing false? At some point, a buyer has to take responsibility for what they purchase. If they are unfamiliar with an issue, its up to them to best determine the value and that should not include blind faith in what he/she is told by the seller.