I recall one time years ago I went to a local show and saw an item I was interested in. This particular item happened to be an uncatalogued item that ended up being produced in comparably low numbers once it was made, though that was not probably obvious to the hobby until it became "hot" and people were clamoring over it.
I saw this item on a vendor's table with what would have been a "normal" price for such an item of a similar rolling stock type.
When I expressed my interest, he claimed that that couldn't possibly be the right price for the piece and told me that "kids must have switched his price tags around".
Now, these were not price tags that are simple to remove, like a post it that many sellers sometimes use at meets/shows to price their items. This was a small label that would have at the least required some picking with a finger nail to lift up an edge to get a handle on a corner before you could remove it.
I always suspected the more likely scenario is that he priced it when he received it (before it became "hot") and didn't remember to modify the pricing to the level he really wanted to mark it up to before putting it on his table for that show.
To this day (probably almost 10 years later), I remember who that seller was and I refuse to enter his booth to look for anything when shopping.
-Dave
