That’s nuts! But this isn’t something that I haven’t seen or heard about before either. The whole retro aftermarket, regardless of the media (i.e., movies, games, toys, etc.) is in a total derelict and overinflated state anymore. Too many swindlers and even too many naive ignorant people involved with this, which is ruining the whole thing, imo. That’s why you see this kind of crap going on.
And that’s why I personally haven’t collected anything in a while now. Everything is way overpriced and too many scams going on and that’s before the economy got all goof up too. It sucks! Especially, for people or even younger people that are just getting into retro collecting of films, games, toys, or etc. In my opinion, it’s quickly becoming not worth it anymore.