I have to ask Chris, I went to my first estate sale this past week and while I wasn't first in line (more like 20th) I did get into the house within 45 seconds of the doors opening.
By that time, there were 2 guys hoarding all the comics in both long boxes, immediately taking them to a corner of the room and not letting anyone touch them until he was picking through them.
Question: While he did in fact beat me in line to the sell, not knowing how far he drove to the sale, is it all unfair that he have the whole stack to himself, picking what he may and then handing over his leftovers?
I ask this because by this time, maybe 3 minutes into the actual sale, all comics are out of the box but none have been paid for, so technically not his, technically not mine. After I left I was rather upset knowing I had driven an hour only to get bamboozled by an eager fellow. I personally feel that if they're not paid for yet, you can give me half the stack and we go through together; we find something and we can talk about it. Perhaps that's just the naive side of me but if the situation was reversed, I shudder to think how he would've handled it.