Who is to blame the seller or the silly buyers that pay the prices.
No one is forced to buy them.
If you are going to believe that moded watch is worth the substantial premiums they ask then the only person to blame is yourself.
I am of course talking about only the high priced grail watches people have created the myth about. This of course does not excuse members that basically tell lies as to the cost of the moding and servicing these are just scammers but there are not that many I don't think although there is a little group of so called experts that seem to perpetually be the ones doing it

For this new idea of catch and release this is in most cases greedy members who have had a deal for watches at discount.
These are just backdoor dealers nothing more and not to be confused with sellers of rare items.

As for it being new members that are buying these overpriced items I am not sure that is always the case although the practice of the pals of the seller bumping the post with the usual hype about what great value and what a wonderful opportunity this is knowing full well it's overpriced, must have a huge affect on the Noobs becoming a victim
and not really in the spirit of the forum.

In the end if you are daft enough to pay the prices then people selling them will charge them only human nature