That guru reminds me of someone we're very familiar with, if you know what I mean...

Brings in the same quality of user it seems too.

To do anything opens them up to liability which they don't want. Pay a manual curator before the bid means that if shit passes and gets flagged, the bidder complains. Letting the community decide means they have no issues as the community doesn't have the willing resources to knock all the shit into a loss and still curate.