forcing StarSoccer to bid BTC63
Did Gar255 put a gun to his head? No one
forced the bidders to do anything.
Having an alt that artificially raises the bid price is similar to a secret reserve price in an auction. There's nothing inherently wrong with it except that Garr255 should have warned bidders that he might do it. I rank his actions there as "a bit shady," though he handled the fallout badly (due to inexperience, I suppose).
In any case, alts aren't against forum rules, and scammer tags are typically only given when an explicit agreement is broken. Garr255 never promised not to bid on his own auctions. He never even promised to honor the results of the auctions. Without contracts that say otherwise, auctions are only devices to assist in price negotiations.
I am not quite sure how you can justify bidding up your own auctions as an okay auction. A secret reserve is 100% differnt as its public posted and will not change.
So because I say nothing it means its okay to do it?Personally anyone who runs an auction and doesnt go through with the auction if all the rules are followed for example a reserve price is met and He chooses to just not follow through I would mark down as untrustworthy and deserves the same thing Matt has under his name. It is a verbal agreement when you post rules in the auction that you plan to follow through with them. Otherwise your saying that I can post what ever I would like and not be held liable simply because I never said i wouldn't
In any case since you are going with the "He never said he wouldn't" I think any scammer who scammed should just get the tag removed, as he never said he wouldnt scam. So its okay