YOU SAID: Look, Bill tried to pull a fast one and pick up this chip for much less than it was about to sell for. It was a direct attempt to take money out of the sellers hands by taking advantage of their lack of knowledge. He tried to avoid a fair bidding process by deceiving.

Unless you can read minds you cannot conclude 'Bill' was pulling a fast one. It is possible neither of them knew the true value. Bill MAY have been making a good faith offer.

A similar thing happened to me at a flea market. I bought a handful of foreign notes for 75¢ each, some were UNC and in sleeves. I STUMBLED ONTO a seller dealing in US coins & currency and he knew little about foreign paper. I was not shopping for bank notes and didn't have a price guide. I 90% knew one of them was a 'good one' but not 'how good' until I looked it up. I paid the few dollars for the notes and could not wait to find out if it was the cherry I thought it was or just a run-of-the-mill note I was confusing with a cherry. Turns out it was the cherry worth $625.00. I went back weeks later and gave him a $20 for his lunch and told him what it was worth. We exchanged names and phone numbers and I promised if/when that note is ever sold, I will give him 50% of the sale. He did not know, and I was unsure, 50% is a great deal for both of us. It may go up, it may go down, right now he has made a profit (very small-plus lunch) and I have a piece of paper. I have notes about him in my database about my promise. If it were not so much difference I would chalk it off as a great deal.

Many items I have made offers on chips that I discovered were WAY under value that I felt that I may have insulted the seller- I was not trying to screw them, I was ignorant of what it was worth. Does that make ME a scammer as you accuse Bill of being? I need more facts before I blast ol' Bill, and he MAY BE a scammer....

$625.00 Bank Note for 75¢