Here's what I don't get... I expect such stupidity from Ebay newbies, yet I routinely see auctions from people with high, positive feedback (99.7% on 944 transactions in this case) with ridiculous starting bids, no photos, and bad descriptions!?!
The only thing I can figure ('cause I've done it myself) is that he's trying to get a listing online before some Ebay special ends, and plans to go back later and edit. Of course I usually mention that so that I don't turn people off from checking it later.
Then there was the time that I listed a late-40s RCA set with a $15,000,000 BIN, just for the attention, but at least I started the bidding at $1.00!