Posted By:
Rhys
I think that people sometimes buy things they really want but would be willing to "maybe" part with something for the right price. Maybe this is a way of justifying the spending.
The laws of economics would imply that if you won it simply for resale and had no legitimate interest in it at your bid level, than the actual value of the item would be the next bid higher than the third bidder in line. So the idea of buying it and then marking it up and hoping for a sale is absurd unless there is a strong midigating factor involved like getting it graded or authenticated etc.
I think these people will be sitting on the inventory for a long time.