Doubt if he is making that much from adverts, certainly not what he claims. I am sure that eBid would buy the .com - if a fair price was asked. The current owner as you say has paid little for it so stands to make a good profit, but the only company that would place any real value to it at the moment is eBid. As for the other eBids none of them are in the auction game. Blackmail may be the wrong term - extortion might be closer to the mark.