Mike said, "When I first came into the hobby, someone told me, 'Don't trust anyone that has to sell chips for a living. They will screw you to make a sale.' It holds true 9 years later."

Seems to me you're putting all dealers into one bold statement. Does that include the class acts, like Doug Saito? I've been buying from Doug for a decade, and I've never been screwed by him. Okay, he blows into my ear a lot, but he doesn't screw me or any other collector I've ever heard of.