Re: Michael, I think you are off-base with this...
Agreed Don, I have reported several people for obvious & blatanat shill bidding (the 2 bidders driving up the price had bid on every auction of the sellers in the last 90 days. Not just chips but anything & everything he had for sale) They would throw in a few small bids to see where it was at on every auction he ever had. Now I'd suspect it was him logging in under those different user names as the bids always came from both bidders within an hour of each other. Now, how much more obvious could it have been? (by the way, this is before total buyer ID lock out like we have now)
Anyway, ebay did nothing!! Reported it three times & they basically told me to go jump. BS IMHO!!