You are right. I would not have been upset if it
was on their site for the same price. But I did
tell a friend about it and they did some research.
It IS the same cel. And Nichibei is NOT selling
it for Hobby Shop K. Nichibei bought it (at Expo
in fact, or so I have been told) with the
sole intent of putting it on ebay to make money
off of what was a fair price by Hobby Shop K.
And no, I am not upset about "cels I cannot
afford". Like I said before, I don't collect
Gundam Wing, so I don't care how high the prices
are. However, I am concerned about the morals
the people I buy cels from. While I know for the
work of bringing cels back from an exensive trip
to Japan, there is a mark-up, I do not think that
turning a profit in the way I saw here is
anything but greedy.
Like I said, I am new to all this, so if this is
the common practice, I just need to know that it
is the "way of the cel world". I just don't want
to make the decision not to buy from a dealer
whose morals appear to be lacking if they are
only following the standard.
Thank you all for reading, and thank you for the
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