Had a frank conversation / argument with a friend and fellow TCGPlayer seller today about the ethics and practicality of dealing with orders where you sell a card and it suddenly spikes, and you notice before you mail it.

I'm of the opinion that if I sell a card at my asking price that I should honor the sale, even if I wind up regretting it later. Both on TCGPlayer and eBay, I value my reputation and I don't want bad karma.

In this case, my friend recently sold two new foil Sorins at a sub-$10 price point last Friday on release day and noticed when packing them up to ship today that they have obviously done a hard spike over the weekend. He's considering whether to either cancel the order or claim they got lost in the mail so he doesn't take the loss.

Obviously many people would consider this unscrupulous, and I told him so. He told me that it's just practical and I was frankly being naive if I didn't think this happens all the time. I'm sure he's probably right. 😕 In his mind, the 50 other sales he'll mail out this week will outweigh one disappointed buyer.

So let's get some honest answers, for those of you who sell on TCGPlayer or elsewhere, if/when this happens to you, what do YOU do? 🤔

Update: Strong near-unanimous reactions to this! I just showed the comments on this post to him and he kinda sighed, looked embarrassed, and said 'goddammit' and walked away.

I think y'all may have shamed him into changing his mind. 😂