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Foiling the price gougers

This is no surprise to anyone who reads this blog, and I've written about this very same thing not that long ago. But each time I come across it, I marvel at the brazenness, the balls, the unmitigated gall of online sellers. The online card world is full of price gougers. I'm sure there are people out there, plenty of collectors, who believe this is fine, or at least they accept it as a necessary evil. That's the price of capitalism, they'll say. OK. That's what I think, too, or at least what I say. But deep down, where my real feelings are that sometimes don't come out, I have little use for those people. What they're doing is not cool. They should be ashamed. Slapping unrealistic prices on cards in the hopes that you can reel in a sucker? Does that feel good? Are you happy with yourself? What would your mom say? I'm not against making a profit. But cards should be priced at the going rate. And, let me tell you, 99 bucks for a 1977 Kellogg...