At the risk of being chastised, ostracized, or whatever, I say, good for him. He was smart. He probably knew the market well enough to know that an item such as this would be in huge demand, probably in-tune with FAS enough to be on the email notifications, and set alerts to know the minute something like this would drop, so he could get in line early, had the money ready, then took advantage (yeah, that word that no one seems to like, yet everyone does to various degrees) of the market, and put a quick $1000 in his pocket. He was also willing to take a risk. I do not feel he, however, took advantage of someone, because if a person is willing to spend that amount, then he had the means and apparently the need, and thus got what he wanted.
If we were talking about people jacking up the price of plywood 300% when a hurricane is threatening, then I'd feel differently.
