Okay, I am making an open request to Gar255 so I have nothing to hold against him. I ask he does the following:
1. Verify you are still sending me the miner and have intent to so
2. Verify you plan to send the 5bitcoins
3. Confirm you wont ever shill bid your own auctions ever again
Sounds reasonable. I'm sorry for your "loss", but I must ask you one question.
Had Garr255 warned people he could manipulate the prices would you still participate in the auction? After all, Garr255 has a right to sell his products for whatever price he would like to, and might've just been using the initial "auction" as a way to gauge the demand for the chip, and then set a price he would be willing to sell at.