at the risk of sounding preachy, this is all bad faith arguments.
it would be refreshing for sellers to just cut to it and say "yes, at this point, it's about the money here. i want more money so i'm parting it" and just deal with the flack.
this is what's really happening (not OP, just making the general point), and no one's willing to just say it.
everyone's gotten way too cozy with games selling for insane prices and now that things are relaxing, sellers don't want to come to terms with reality. there were times that color vectors weren't 4-figures and, along with a lot of other classes of games, perhaps we're on our way back there.
as someone that's sold off a bunch of games recently with more to sell, i'm having to walk-the-walk beyond just talk as well. is what it is.