np buddy, totally foreign to me. You understand how it'd be easy to fluff your own price on something though right? That's not lost on you?
Ofc
I completely understand your side of it, however I'd be at a loss if I was actually doing that and won the item. At that point I'd have an unsold item that I wouldn't be able to sell the item on the forum anymore. If I did that would oust me as someone who bids on their own auctions and my reputation would be ruined. I feel if I was caught doing that I'd never be able to sell a piece of armor or weapon anymore which would basically kill my UO experience.
I'd hope my forum history and reputation could give you the benefit of the doubt, check my history I used to trade frequently on the forums.
I contacted the person who made the 160M bid via discord and asked him if he has any further bids to put them on the forum. For the rest of the duration of this auction I will only be taking bids posted in this thread, because I did not explicitly specify that I'm allowed to take offers off the forum.
Moving forward I'm just going to have to set longer terms and conditions in my initial post.