After some staff discussion about the matter, a couple things have been added to the auction rules to help make moderation a little easier, as well as make auctions a little fairer. This includes a definition of false bidding, a section about currency remaining consistent for the duration of the auction, as well as a proper statement that all bids must be placed in the auction channel (this last one was something that was already enforced; it is now properly documented.) As a fun side note, Sky's seriously thinking of making a tl;dr for the entire server rules. Changes highlighted in red, as always.
It says: "You are allowed to ignore bids from certain players, however, you must do so inclusively. Once you have accepted a bid from a player, you cannot ignore future bids by that player for any reason."
Yea!!! Glad to see the rule change clearly disallowing /pm and silent bids! That will most certainly help keep our auctions clean and straight!