Our system is weighted to give the people who do the most runs the ability choose the pieces they want.  They can be someone who is looking for multiple minor upgrades or someone who's got good gear already and just hanging on to pop that one big piece.  

It's the same with the ladder system, if I want to pass on an item to stay at the top cause I'm waiting for a certain item that's fine.  

I would also like to once again stress that doing these runs is about bettering not only yourself, but the guild.  If we dont help to upgrade those around us, having a zillion points wont mean squat, because we'll still be killing the same 4 bosses.

I see no problem with bidding on a item that you potentially want, if you think it's worth that many points, then when it gets to a range where you dont think it's worth what you're bidding for it dropping out.  But bidding up a price just for the sake of upping the price to screw another person is just wrong and I cant wait for someone to get screwed using this tactic and get stuck with a item they didn't really want.