It's a key part of the hobby, and indeed, if someone is sick of it it's probably time to take a walk.

I'd guess around half of the posts around here, and on RGP, and in some cave where they were making pinball drawings on the wall back in the day are dedicated in some way to pricing. Speculation, price policing, price pumping...WE ALL LOVE IT.

And when we no longer do, it's time to get into stamp collecting, and argue about that.

To be fair, he was already quitting, which is the whole point of him putting the game up for sale.

And has been pointed out a million times, the more posts a For Sale thread gets, the better, regardless of content. Keeps the ad up top, keeps the offers pouring in. Trolling in for sale threads doesn't not hurt a seller's chances of moving his or her game.