Many sellers on eBay have one or more buying accounts and one or more selling accounts in order to make it less obvious how much of a mark-up they are putting on their merchandise. Some eBayers have upwards of six or seven distinct accounts! I frequently see items bought for, say, $400 marked up to $1500 and sometimes more. It's very difficult to hide anything on eBay, especially since buying and selling activities remain in the public domain for 30 days. For this reason, many eBay re-sellers will wait for more than 30 days before offering their eBay purchases for sale.
I know how you feel about these things but don't forget that exactly the same things are happening all the time at commercial shows (e.g., Torex or Nuphilex). In particular, some dealers will buy material from other dealers' display cases and then immediately put it their own display case for sale at higher prices. On the other hand, some dealers maintain a strict policy of holding material bought at one show until a subsequent show before offering it for sale. The latter approach is certainly more discreet and less likely to create an unpleasant incident!
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