Well, Penguinisto, my point is simply that it isn't really "commerce", as you're used to thinking about it. It's more on the level of a garage sale. And you don't go to a garage sale and denounce the seller because the things for sale don't come in their original packaging or don't have valid manufacturers' warranties still in place.

Some vendors make enough money for it to be their "job". Unsurprisingly, you find that they approach the activity with the level of professionalism that you demand. But others, and I expect it's overwhelmingly most, don't even come close to that level of income. For them, it's still a hobby. There's money involved, but there's also money involved in a late night poker game or a sports pool. Yet you don't expect your poker buddies to operate their table like a casino.

Simple fact is that most vendors are hobbyists selling to other hobbyists, and that's why the prices are hobby level prices. That industry professionals can come into this market and enjoy these ridiculous prices is quite a boost. But if you start making industry professional demands on people who are not earning industry professional salaries, you're just demonstrating that you've swallowed the corporate mindset so fully that you've lost your compassion.

I'd rather be broke than lose my empathy. But that's just me.

Edit: I'm with you on the misrepresentation. No one likes to be deceived, at any level of professionalism -- from kids trading pokemon cards all the way to Wall Street (though, not, apparently including Wall Street). That's just common courtesy between humans.

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