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Originally Posted by ultraman zoffy

Okay, so not trying to defend any "scalpey" pricing practices, but as far as SDCC exclusives go, the prices on the secondary market may seem exorbitant, but the admission fees, travel expenses, time spent waiting in lines, shipping costs of trying to get those things home, etc, have to reasonably be worth something, and taken into consideration by buyers unable or unwilling to make the trek out to SDCC to get their own set. I've always landed them on HTS at regular price, but if I was forced to buy them from the secondary, I'd give the sellers a certain amount of leeway with the prices considering I myself didn't have the funds to go (and by all accounts, it is an EXPENSIVE and stressful endeavor hitting up SDCC).
Again, not justifying, but just trying to help put things in perspective.

Completely agree. Twice as expensive as the sticker price sounds exorbitant at first, but I'd much rather pay that than go through the hell it takes to secure a box set in person at the convention.