Scam dealer on Ebay?

If it bothers you that much why are you wasting your and our time with it?

Amazed that everyone is defending this guy with the caveat that if you're a "moran", you get scammed. 

Nobody is defending this guy. You are not understanding the fact that there is no price gouging or scam if the original high price is not paid, it is only words, numbers and photos on a screen. All of his items for sale have a "Best Offer" tab so the customer sets the price. Also, if you notice, all his sales have been for lower, reasonably priced items. The high priced items have not sold from his stereo store in Tokyo. Did he "scam" you?

No. I did not get scammed. Okay. Done with this. No hard feelings. It just pisses me off when I see this sort of thing. Point taken.

I already explained it. It's not a scam or any such thing. It is a very reasonable strategy for selling on eBay when listing a Buy it Now item. Case closed.