Like a few people said it's supply and demand .....yes but new people in the hobby (not every new people) bring a new behavior that already existed in many things in life. I cannot help myself thinking about one of my friend who has all the money in the world and i'm talking about tens of millions of dollars. Really nice guy and if you met him you would never guess he is that loaded since he is a simple kind of guy. Point is : his favorite game in life is negociating every single thing trying to get the best deals possible when he buys and sells. He calls it a game and he has been playing it since as far he can remember. It's just greed to me but for him it's a game. He likes the thrill of negociation and actually it's more about a power struggle than money. Good thing he doesnt like pinball but if he was he would have no problem listing a pin at $30 000 even if it sits unsold for months.....it's a game, doesnt mean it's real.