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Mattbarry - it's not that ethics don't exist in cyberspace, but there's a major difference between the little old lady who comes into your card shop and the ebay examples. When that woman walks into your card shop, it's pretty much a given that she will sell you the card. You're not competing with anyone else and she isn't negotiating with anyone else. On ebay, once the listing is posted, it's public for the whole world to see; anyone who wants can shoot the seller an email with an offer. The seller has already posted the listing on ebay and it will cost her nothing to keep it there.