Posted By:
warshawlawMike: VAT instead of VIG; how Continental of you 
Doesn't quite convey the same spirit though.
I prefer the wide open BST thread concept. I've bought cards from and traded cards with many collectors here and haven't been disappointed yet. I reiterate: if the deal looks good to me, who cares what the person selling the item to me paid for it? Life is too short to get all bunged up over someone else's good fortune. I got all bummed out at the National at one point watching a dealer fleece a walk-in of a $2,500 card (that I really need) for $250 and let it ruin part of my evening, esp. when he refused to flip it to me at market price. Who did that benefit? Certainly not me and certainly not the walk-in.
I also see a lot of bashing here over what can only be termed style. If you don't like a seller's style, ignore him. Pretty soon the market will take care of any a-holes out there (I notice how much business we all do with Hager, Rosen, etc.).