Quote Originally Posted by sroz View Post
You state you took it in trade. I have to assume you gave the other party credit for what you valued it at. I would also expect that you sold it for what you valued it at - maybe with a little profit. Sounds to me like you did fine, the collector is trying to make a nice profit and the original owner is the only person who lost out.

JMHO
I've gotta agree.

Not quite sure what the big deal is. You took something on trade, then sold it to someone else. Pretty sure all of us have done something similar at one point or another.