[RKillian]

Two points:

1. Some sellers set a crazy high price in lieu of closing the shop or removing listings when they go on vacation.

2. The fee structure makes it ridiculously hard to make a buck if you're a small, but non-scalping, seller.

First, Amazon charges a flat fee on all sales.
Second, Amazon charges a higher commission percentage than eBay.
Third, Amazon sets a flat rate for shipping that's too low to cover costs in the best of circumstances, forcing you to build a buffer into your price where they charge the higher commission.
Fourth, Amazon charges fees on shipping that hit the first, and often only, pound hardest.

It's not at all uncommon, in the sub-$20 price range, to be hit with 25% in fees versus about 13% between eBay and Paypal. If you're going through a distributor, versus Hasbro/Mattel directly (because you're too small to make their minimum orders), that can easily outstrip your margins. There's no point in selling anything for a loss...but sometimes you find the numbers don't work out after you've ordered something and it's sat for awhile, so you count on old/rare/hot stuff to make up the difference.

It's no excuse for a $700 DCUC toy but it does explain why I don't really care to buy or sell on Amazon these days.