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Dan Mathewson...that most of these cowards, like LibertyForNobody, etc, hide behind Private Auctions. So, you can't warn anyone directly in those circumstances. This is another means/vehicle that eBay has designed to protect its fraudulent sellers. Why else do they design such kinds of auctions? It's protects their power sellers so they can sell crap to people and nobody can warn them about it. And, eBay gets its tidy little percentage, and that's ALL they care about.
Here's another crap Roy Huff/Libertyforall auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1866700438
It's a private auction, it's a piece of toilet paper in a AAA holder, with a $500 BIN. And, some novice is likely to come buy and pay something for it eventually becuase they think it might be worth something, when it isn't worth a nickel. Inside the private auction, you cnnot warn anyone that they're about to get ripped off. Does eBay care? Nope, they want their percentage of the sale, that's all.