However, whatever his reasons are for starting his auctions out at the prices he is, his character should not be in question.
I agree, Bob, I appreciate your input, and I don't think anyone intended to cast aspersions on this person's character. I reread the messages, and posters are saying that fans may be taken advantage of because they're misled by the asking prices, but not that the seller has set out to mislead anyone. I realize that sounds like I'm splitting hairs, but I think Brian was giving his opinion about the person's asking prices, out of concern for the rest of us, and I sincerely hope no one came away with the impression that anyone here has called the seller dishonest or unfair. Yet it's probably best that we not continue to make fun of the prices nor speculate about the person's reasons since it sets a bad precedent about discussing other fans, particularly since this person is not present on the forums to defend or explain his choices. And PLEASE, if there's something in this topic or any other that troubles someone reading the forum, by all means continue to call it to my attention cuz I'm the first to admit that I make mistakes and could be completely misinterpreting something I've read.
The purpose of the guideline about fingerpointing was due to a practice we'd seen online in which fans take fights from one forum onto another one by describing or even copying exchanges, and at its worst extreme by posting private correspondence. What this tends to do is fuel disagreements by involving more people in them, whereas our policy here has always been the opposite-- we prefer that personal disagreements between individuals be taken
off the board rather than brought onto it. For this reason, and with the poster's permission, there's been some slight editing in this topic regarding an off-board discussion, and other posters may find that (only) the quotes within their messages have been changed to reflect these edits.
Thanks!