You're never wrong, are you? Just checking.
Nope. When met with overwhelming consensus on this thread and in the original auction thread that what he did was shady, as well as being told that real auctioneers laughed at the mere suggestion and shown laws that specifically forbid the practice, he comes back with statements like this:
It should also be clear that self-bidding is in no way dishonesty or scamming
Honestly, if you had come out and said "Hey guys, I made a mistake, won't happen again" I would probably be on your side here given the 2.5 year period since the auction and your otherwise good trading history and trust ratings. Your repeated refusal to even consider any point of view other than your own, despite overwhelming consensus against you, is really not doing you any favors.
I actually did say this. It was a mistake and won't happen again. It's however not scamming or dishonesty! And still not related to the misuse of DT done by Vod.