Dies to Removal

But whatever the reason, you can only just be a good example and protect yourself from getting taking advantage of by one of these types of players.

I completely agree with your whole post but the quoted section is most important. As annoying a phone checking is, it's the best way to avoid getting screwed.

With all that being said, it should be noted that being the shop's securities and exchange commision is going to infuriate the rest of the players, and no one likes a narc (or maybe that's just st. Louis, aka just shy of detroit). The key is to CYA, and maybe keep an eye out for newbs if the angel on your shoulder gets too loud and obnoxious.

I have a hard time forcing myself not to be the M:tG SEC. I will unabashedly use tcgplayer on my phone to ensure that the trade is on the up and up. Sometimes I will overoffer for something not valuable, but difficult to find, and if someone wants to overoffer me I won't be able to sleep at night unless they do it with informed consent, and even then I will give them a couple foil commons or uncommons. I have no issue pulling any sort of mind games during play, but I for some reason don't like the idea of people getting screwed over in trades.