I have no idea the legal liability of Ebay in this case, personally I think they would have themselves well covered. What I don't understand is why they haven't stopped this with so many reports they have received, I didn't even get a reply from any of the reports I made including when I bidded on an item and was outbidded by a shill bidder. I do find this quite disturbing and do wonder why Ebay isn't responding at all especially when so many people are being blatantly ripped off.