Last week, some Gavel Chat members and myself had some debates about Mr. Mint and other dealers' buying practices. Some people have a problem with hard-nose dealers, and some even question how honest certain dealers are.

I stick to my thoughts that as long as nobody is forcing someone into selling something, no matter how much under market value they might be paying the person, that there is no problem with how the dealer going about this. It is the seller's responsibility to research what they are selling and charge an amount at what they are comfortable with.

I thought it would be fun to get Gavel Chat Nation's opinions on the following four scenarios.

If you were the buyer in these four instances, what would you do?

1.) There is a Michael Jordan UDA signed basketball on eBay. The min. bid is $9.99 with a "Buy It Now" of only $300 (way less than market value).

2.) You are at a rummage sale and someone has an authentic EX+ Roberto Clemente 1955 Topps rookie card for sale for $10.

3.) You are set up as a dealer at a card show and someone has $10,000 (current market value) of baseball cards from the 50s to sell you. They are requesting that you pay them $1,000 for the lot of cards.

4.) That same lot of cards comes up and this time the person has no clue what they are worth, but doesn't request the $1,000 and is taking offers. How do you go about that situation?

Here is what I would do... I would like your thoughts. Please respond in the "Comment" field.

What I would do:

1.) I would have no problem hitting the "Buy It Now" button and paying $300, even thought that is way less than they should be asking for this piece.

2.) I would get my Alexander Hamilton out so fast that I might tear it in two.

3.) I would pay the amount he requested. $1,000.

4.) I would explain to the person what the current market value is and offer him about 30 percent.