As ognasty mentioned we'd have to crack down hard on the people that have been proven to shill bid or host unfair auctions. As long as everyone keeps on accepting it there's no point in arguing about how to handle newbie accounts. After all, I assume the main issue is that we believe the newbies to be shill bidders, correct?
You are 100% correct! However if I see a newbie bidding in certain people's auctions who I trust I wouldn't think twice about it. Others definitely give me an uneasy feeling, so I won't bid or stop bidding. Ultimately it just affects them because they lose out on serious bidders.
Me personally, I will not levey a blatent accusation without 100% certainty. I'm a little bit more tactful in my words, I think that's just the Southerner in me.
I will not be much help in resolving this issue, but I was lending credence to that there is a problem. Wish I had an idea of how to help solve this.