Quoted from Trekkie1978:I met a couple people off Pinside a few years ago...they warned me how the buyers all have sob stories. Kid has cancer, wife is dying, etc...then 2 days later, the game will be listed for sale. He said they will come up with any sob story to get the price down.
There are a lot of sketchy folks in this hobby and industry.
Most were here well before the advent of the internet. The car salesman stereotype has nothing on these people.