I have never physically met any of you, and have only been talking autographs here for about a year, so I can say this without too much hypocrisy. I see the following reasons for nonsensical behavior towards sellers, auction houses and bloggers. All make perfect sense to me, because they involve money and/or emotion. I have to admit, I'm guilty of the third one every now and then, and in 'real' life I'm guilty of the first one, and I suspect I'm not the only one
- the person is your friend, so you make excuses for their illegal/unethical behavior
- the person provides part of your income, whether it be through advertising or buying stuff from you
- the person sells you stuff that you need for your collection
- the person pissed you off, but otherwise you have no proof of illegal behavior