As I collector, of course I don't like it when 
people buy cels from readily-available web sites 
and then resell them at a profit.  It's their right 
to do what they like with the cel, but it does tend 
to drive up market prices.

However, in this case you're talking about a 
transaction between two _dealers_.  It could be 
that some arrangement was made to trade stock, or 
perhaps to unload a package of unsold cels so as 
not to have to take them back to Japan, or who 
knows what.  As far as I can tell, Nichibei is 
definitely _not_ one of the small dealers who 
normally get their stock from Taro, etc.

Whether it is more "fair" or harmful/beneficial to 
the market as a whole for dealers to do first-come-
first-served, or to put things on auction, or to 
run a lottery is a different question.  I can see 
pros and cons to all three.  (I'm guessing that if 
Nichibei had posted the cel on their site at the 
exact same price Hobby Shop K was selling it for, 
the original poster wouldn't have objected.)

--Atiya