I still am not seeing the issue here. Shill bidding has been happening as long as the history of auctions. If he reserved an item, would you rather he just reserved the item? Or would you complain about all the items being reserved too.
On the item above, I was there when the seller won it at the Kraft Auction on Jan 10th. I also know that the back up bidder is bidding on the item on ebay because he regretted not going higher on the item.
I think there is a whole sect on this site of a bunch of jealous men who can not stand to see other people make money and get jealous when guy A makes more money than they do. It's bad for the hobby really.
I don't care what anyone else makes or has.
I don't care if a seller puts a reserve on an item. In fact I often use reserves.
I do see shill bidding as a big deal. It artificially inflates the value of things. That is bad for the hobby.
Shill bidding is also very illegal!
