All "he-said-she-said" is public and verifiable. There's not very much of that. I even linked all of it to you. So go and make your own conclusions instead of being a lazy ass still commenting here about matters you've not learned about. Only reason for you to ignore all the PMs is when you want to avoid the truth.... How many times do I need to ask you to read the provable and undisputed sources.
I have read in depth the post where you outline the timeline of events. It is peppered with your own personal views on the statements, which are completely subjective, so I would hardly call it "undisputed".
Nobody was scammed
A scam does not have to be successful for someone to be tagged as a scammer (e.g.
alia)
It's your opinion if you think that something is dishonest. As you can see in this thread, people have different opinions about that.
And I'll go with what the law says - the practice is forbidden.
Reminding again: this discussion is off-topic in this thread.
I can understand that you want to shoehorn this discussion back to the who-called-who a liar, who-threatened-who, etc. as you feel you have a stronger case there. It seems you accept that self-bidding is a shady practice, which is why you don't want to talk about it.