I do agree that the strategy of driving up the dkp price on an item in our system is simple. 

It is, however, corrupt. Manipulation of the price in such a competitive fashion in hopes of causing a fellow guild mate to be forced to spend more points is ugly. And while I can't believe I'm even explaining that, the ugliness is multiplied considerably when the person stacking the price already has the item in question. 

Can you imagine if Gnomebiter started bidding on some insane defensive breastplate that Zuwani was sporting....and Zuwani started bidding as well? His defense in guild chat, after being bombed with tomatoes and other rotten vegetables and assortments of dead fish would be &quot;I wanted him to spend his dkp points so I could get a better item faster next time.&quot;

Now, this would never happen in even the most twisted parralel universe.

These raids are about upgrading our characters, sure, and we need to accumulate points for these upgrades. The sytem is implemented to give everyone a fair shot, rewarded for their time invested. Comraderie, friendship, teamwork, all that Care Bear stuff. The atmosphere of our raids would make us quickly the laughing stock of the server if it got out we had leaders trying to openly jack up the prices in such a fashion.

It's a miracle Erg didn't leave the guild after last night's embarrassing &quot;near fiasco&quot; about dkp systems. In all sensibility, that sort of insulting behavior from a guild member should have made him so furious that he depart. 

Now, while from the start there was no danger of any officer recording or accepting dkp bid by a guild member on an item they already possess, it was a silly situation that blew my mind actually having  seen it occur.