The truth is ebay is run by a bunch of scumbags who actually encourage shill bidding and other offenses. I have caught and reported several criminals on ebay who were shill bidding and breaking other rules, and reported them to ebay with a concise and detailed report because I researched the sellers. They did nothing, and even let one of the criminals erase their negtive feedback on one of their shill accounts.

Ebay has done this repeatedly to me, to the point where I refuse to report anything to them.