Quoted from ForceFlow:I've seen the story + buy & flip tactic happen so many times. Unfortunately, it's a tactic that works.
Anytime someone tries to tell me a story to lower the price, I just plug my ears until I hear a price I like. The story is irrelevant to the price I want and I won't be swayed by it.
And most people call that greed which is a similar tactic. Like how dare you sell something for market value and not give it away.