Show me that this is illegal (Score 1)

Not that e-bay has ever been a real auction anyway (how many auctions have you been to that end just when everyone starts bidding?), but several other auctions (see Barret-Jackson) allow owners to do this, they don't care because it still counts as a sell and the owner has to pay the commission. I for one wouldn't want to let a $100K car go for 20 just because no one there wanted it that day. I think this article was written by someone bitter that they didn't get that ipod for $20.