When the seller asks for and gets a ridiculous price it is not he who is crazy but rather the buyer. Honestly, how can you fault someone for making a killing off someone who is WILLING to pay a high price? The only time a seller is the crazy one is when they ask a ridiculous price and stick to their guns even when the best offer is no where near the asking price.
There is so much fraud on Ebay with shill bidding it's amazing. Absurd asking prices plus fraudster friends of the seller jumping the bidding up. Then of course the same item gets auctioned again in a couple of weeks. Even the honest sellers have to deal with Ebay's outrageous fees and to add insult to injury....paypal hits you with another 3.5%.
In the words of the immortal Dean Wormer....."Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining".