According to Moody, there are bids totaling more than $50 million in the $0 - $2.50 range.
It isn't difficult to manipulate the total bid sum. All you need to do is place lots of bids far below where you expect sales.
You need the cash...
Yes, but bids in that range obviously aren't
real support. They will
never get filled, so this must be taken into account when looking at total bid sum.
They were filled (in 2011 .. hacked gox) but gox reverted(invalidated) transactions (from $17 to $0.01) .. and invalidated access to this funds (impossible to withdrawn if you are not verified .. nobody is .. and nobody can verify)