Seriously, does any of this matter ?
It's a big bad world out there and as far as I can see the only real problem here is over reaction...
They might have been trying to flip it, so f*cking what !!
It's one item and no one was held at gunpoint, if some well heeled gotta have it was happy to pay well over the odds good luck to them as I think the chest beating soapbox owners should mind their own business, take the option not to purchase from the company and use all that energy to go get a life..
Storm in a tea cup, the auction turned in a joke very early on, nothing has been sold and has buzzed around the net like crazy, it made me laugh is all as it was either profiteering shot down in flames or an inside job to get noticed that didn't turn out so well.
Every vendor out there exists to make profit and is run by humans, some of which don't make the best decisions, get over it...
As for those looking to leave POTV... Great idea as I think you could use your forum time to get out more, seems like you need some real world experience and the chance to get something more important going on.