Yes you are right about the auctioneer. They should not be giving a suggested price and when I see a suggested price of say 9.99 I know that is just not right if I have already compared prices on sold listings that are nowhere near 9.99…

Another thing I have noticed is the disappearance of prices realised except in an auction which is not a lot of help. Which might explain an item only selling for 0.08p which I have seen numerous because it was sold with an offer…no offer price shown..
Saying that but if those items only sold for those prices it could be a clear indicator of the state of the economy or people just turning away. I have items listed that would have sold for a lot more in the past..

As for the lens thingy, it was more about identifying an item, rather than finding out the price, which like you I go by sold listings..