Auctions:

[Magoo!]

Alright, I noticed an auction for some codenames or armor or whatever a while back. I thought to myself, "Alright, whatever, makes sense" right? But now it appears to be getting out of hand...

AUCTION: 1 Order Light Cruiser and 1 Order Gunboat

Outcast Destroyer for Sale

FOR SALE: Gallic brigand 'Asco' Gunboat

Nice ships for Sale
Freelancer/Bomber, RedHessian/GB

Seling Liberty Cruiser

selling my dragon bomber

Auctioning Codenames.
4x DIAMONDBACK and 4x BLOODSTONE 2x HAMMERFALL

Auction:2 Kintanos
(In the guncam looks like an Liberty codie)

potential auction.
my whole store.

auction: 1 IRON HAMMER

Order Light Carrier
Want to perchase one [a sort of reverse auction, nontheless rediculous]

auction: ragnarock
high bidder gets it

Council Cruiser for SALE!
I have 2 cruisers and need to get rid of 1

Selling a Brigand Bommer!

Zoner Juggernaut up for auction!
Repped and everything!

Cap Mark 7 for auction.
Bidding details inside.

Auction: Gallic Gunboat
Infos inside

Auction: Luxury Liner 'Harmony' - 160m
Business Only

Cheap Bowex train auction
70 million!!!!

Thats only from 2 weeks ago, and the list goes on, but I figured I got my point across by now. Now, some of these auctions are okay. Luxury liner - alright...
Codenames - okay... (the 'rare'-nonrarity thing can't be helped)
Armor - sounds good...

Here's where things get nasty. This isn't RP! What kind of Brigand goes about auctioning off his bomber and expecting not to get shot? A Bowex employee auctioning off his company owned Train and saying, "Ohai, my name's Steve. So if anybody asks, you're Steve, okay?"

People selling off Order capital ships and gunboats. People selling Outcast dessies. People selling Gallic House property, a Zoner Juggernaught (maybe plausible), Council military hardware, Liberty cruisers, Red Hessian Gunboats...

And on, and on, and on, and on... Now, my understanding was that the processions of the Stock Market were supposed to be in-RP, yes? Hence Dusty/Athenian every so often poking saying, "No saying, 'ohai, lulz! 2 millz'!" at which point the people in question quickly alter their behaviors. So why the deuce are people being allowed to do clearly ooRP rubbish?

Now, this is not to be confused with scrap sales - that is, breaking down a ship and selling its armor, weapons, etc. That I have no problem with, its these people selling entire ships and seemingly their characters' identities that has me worried.

... Am I the only one who noticed this anomoly?