I look at it this way: Dealers are people who 
provide a service and should be compensated as 
such. A real dealer, a reputable honest dealer, 
makes their money by capitalizing on their 
connections the rest of us don't have. This is 
their business, they have a skillset and have 
invested time that as collectors (with jobs and 
expertise of our own) cannot invest and 
therefore we PAY for their service, time and 
connections.

Reselling from YJ is not a service. 

Instead of providing expertise, they are simply 
swooping in as middle men and hoping to reap 
some benefit from it. It's not really any 
different than you or I buying several cels off 
YJ then turning around and selling them on eBay. 
Is this illegal? No. Is it moral? Debatable. My 
view on it is there is definitely money to be 
made in the cel business so why not make it by 
becoming an expert in the field and therefore 
providing a service to collectors? I know 
personally I'd never be comfy in a profession 
that acts simply as a middle man who marks up 
prices (where's the pride in that?), but would 
only feel comfortable in being compensated 
because I provided a service others could not.

Again, it comes down to personal opinion and 
ethics, but my bottom line view is if you want 
to make money selling anime cels, why not 
actually be an ASSET to the hobby? You can be a 
good guy and still make money. 


MeganD.