Couldn't disagree with this statement more. So everyone who sells modern comics as they are released doesn't have a full time job? and are bottom feeders? No one forces anyone to make a purchase. If someone wants to pay XX over cover then let them.
You miss my point, why sell a book for peanuts pay, it doesn't make sense, it makes people look desperate like they need to do this which leads me to believe they don't have a job. Because if I had one which I do, wasting my time making two dollars on a book doesn't seem like a worth while endeavor, which doesn't help the market in the long run. That's true, no one forces anybody to make a purchase but if the little of cover price didn't exist people would be buying it at a higher one. I own 100 copies of this book. Of the 100 copies, just how many will be sold now? 0. I invest for the long term and don't need to sell any because I have a job to pay the bills.
Or you could sell 5 lots of 10 for about $250, turn a small profit right off the bat and sit on 50 copies risk free as your long-term investment.
It has nothing to do with whether or not you have a good job. Most of us do. We also don't like to lose money, so eliminating all risk from the equation has a certain appeal.
Edit: looks like 5 other people were typing the same thing at the same time