Dealer Prices are crazy!

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Posted By: JimB

My frustration is with offering a fair price in response to unreasonable asking prices and then just counter-offerred up to another unreasonable price. For example if a card is worth $500 and the dealer is asking $1,000, if I offer $500, they will inevitably counter with $850. I may mention in my offer that the three most recent sales were between $450 and $525 and that my offer is my best offer. None of this matters. So now I don't bother when an asking price is that unreasonably high. The worst is when a long-time dealer tries to claim they actually paid $700 for that card that has never sold for that much in a public forum. I have no problem with a good dealer who provides a service making a profit. But the extreme greed I see is frustrating.
jimB