While I support free market, I do have to agree that it is getting out of hand.
Maybe instead there should just be higher standards on these forums. The forums have been around a long time are considered to be the staple-point of the bitcoin community. I think that in order to have your "new" coin posted here, it should meet certain guidelines and then and only then can it be posted here.
These forums are spinning out of control, and frankly it is looking even worse with all these "reserved" posts. Now whether they are there to sell to someone at a later point, or whether it is to help peoples post count, I don't know but they need to be cleaned up.
Just my 2 cents.