This guy obviously didn't feel it was the season of good will...
http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayIS...&iid=-1&de=off
http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...erid=alisher71
Notice that all these auctions began near the same time, so that is probably why so many people were taken advantage of. Also I find it hard to believe that people would waste their time to create a good account and ruin it like this. So in my opinion, the account was hacked.
Ouch