Thing is, you have two choices if you choose to 
sell. Either assign prices to them, or "Accept 
offers" And I can't count the number of people 
active on this very forum who have stated that 
they hate making offers and would rather have the 
cels priced outright. Only then to turn around 
and get mad when they feel the price assigned is 
too high! (not those same people, but in general)

I think price inflation is coming from people 
WILLING to pay the high prices for the cels, not 
sellers overpricing their cels. As an example, I 
bought an awesome, beautiful cel for under $50, 
what I considered to be a STEAL (cel, matching 
unstuck sketch and BG of a one episode only 
character). I ADORED the cel and swore I'd never 
part with it. When I was forced to resell it due 
to financial problems, I didn't feel right about 
assigning a price because what I felt for the cel 
interfered with what I thought would be a fair 
price. Turns out, someone offered me nearly 3 
times what I paid for it. So, did I create cel 
price inflation? Did I make an unfair profit on a 
cel? Personally, I feel great because I knew the 
cel went to a good home with a nifty member of 
the cel community, but I shouldn't be chastised 
because they were willing to pay the price they 
did for the cel. 

A friend of mine who collects anime goods agrees 
with something very close to what Blair was 
saying. That an overwhelming number of anime fans 
expect, nay, DEMAND that everything be cheap, 
easy to get, or FREE, regardless of supply and 
demand or the rarity of the item in question.

I think to combatting cel inflation is truly 
EDUCATING people who are new to the hobby. It 
took me a long time and buying an extremely 
expensive cel that I didn't love as much as 
*Everyone else* loved before I learned what I 
liked and how to read the market. 

Unfortunately, we all act a little selfish when 
it comes to cels: we dontt want to see someone 
get a better deal than we can get on a cel we 
want. People try to pose on here as if cel 
collecting is a fun, harmless little hobby where 
everyone gets along, but I've seen some behavior 
that would put mothers fighting over Beanie 
Babies (in their day) to shame. 

ky77