I seriously doubt this issue will ever be 
resolved. There are people who're argue to death 
for both sides. Telling someone to grow up though 
is a weak rebutal to the point the person made 
that when a large number of collectors try and 
speculate they can create artifical surges in 
prices and inevitable crashes. That's all I'm 
going to say on the subject. :) 


Okay, so there are those people who try and buy 
and sell for profit. Fine. For once I'd like to 
hear a good story. If you collect toys you might 
know something about toy karma -- people sending 
toys out for free to other collectors. Or if you 
become friends with people on a comic message 
board, how they'll send comic books to you for 
free or for the price they bought it at a local 
comic book shop.  

I'll start: 

There was a seller on ebay who sold me a Ranma 
opening cel for the price she initially bought it 
at a few months earlier. She could have changed 
her mind at the last minute when one of the cels 
from the same sequence rocketed up in price at 
the last minute -- something I couldn't blame her 
for -- but she decided to go through with the 
sale anyway. I sincerely thank her for this. 

I'd also like to thank a collector who surprised 
me by selling me an Escaflowne cel for lower than 
my initial offer.   

See -- even though the world is a cruel place, 
nice and generous things still happen in it. :)