Warning: Moron Ahead

On Sunday, I met Dave while I was at AMK. It was a rare sight, considering the fact that there has been no other VS player from other places at Chris' shop for months ever since Kelvin Soh got into M:TG again. Too bad nothing good came out of our meeting.

I was browsing through his album and he had quite an impressive collection of cards from the new Avengers set. I asked him about the value of several cards just to gauge their prices first before settling down on the trades I was interested in.

I wanted System Failure and I asked him to quote his price. He asked me to quote first instead but I told him that I have no idea how much it is worth since I have never bought one before. He still insisted that I quote first. Again, I said no, stating that if I would surely quote low and he might get mad at me. This continued back-and-forth until it felt awkward, so I gave him one last warning that he might not like my price before started quoting. I thought for a while, and seeing that System Failure did not see much play (perhaps none at all) at recent reported tournaments and the fact that it was not a hot card like any of the Avengers stuff, I said, "How about slightly above the pack price?" Well, he definitely was pissed and he used the same line that I always use on everyone else who underquotes me: "Then you sell me at that price; I will buy every copy that you have." I ended our conversation, but hey, I was pissed, too. I did my best to warn him that I would quote a lousy price. But did he listen? No. He was practically asking for it and I got scolded for nothing just because I did what he told me to. I couldn't help but feel that he suckered me into the whole thing on purpose just so that he can pull the old "I'll buy all that you've got" routine.

Now this is so wrong. Someone asks you to punch him hard in the face, and you say 'no way', but he keeps on egging you on. You finally give in to his request and punch him hard, but he gets pissed at you? What the f**k is wrong with these people? Hell, I really should have punched Dave's sorry ass face anyway.

Just to show that there are idiots with freakin' problems.