I agree that Greg was selling in much the same way you were when I entered the hobby. If someone described you by saying "Ernie has always tried to make a business out of this hobby," would you think that sounded fair or pejorative? Would you think it downplayed your other contributions to the hobby?
I guess the degree to which it's accurate is in the eye of the beholder.
I would say greg has described me in this way maybe 1000 times and not a single time did you find the need to defend me so for some reason you have now decided that such a description has a negative connotation that is worth defending immediately or you have a bias. I believe the latter to be true, you fear the rebuttal you would receive if you dared ever to stand up to greg.
I would say it has been true that I have ALWAYS flipped my extras for a buck in order to finance my buying more stuff and that is exactly how I have "qualified" the statement in the past. Now I flip stuff just to get rid of it as there is so little left I need to buy. I rarely buy collections any more even if I feel I could flip them for a profit as I no longer need to bankroll my collecting.
Maybe my skin is thick than greg's(ie or your playing the role of greg's skin...again). I just don't see the comment as being as negative as you are taking it on greg's behalf. Let's face it, you run to greg's aid pretty frequently and I would say it is about 99-1 ratio of your defending greg versus being critical of him.
Do you condone the fact that he has now thrown a tantrum at a show at least three times over the years? Long ago by screaming at Brian, somewhat recently when he had a fit when you found the blue 8th packs and wouldn't split the lot in half with him and at this recent show. I am sure there are others.