I just talked with my wife about this topic, Phoney DOM, and she pointed out how deceptive it is to sellers as well as buyers.(The topic has been up on other threads since you were here last Cy and we have mostly looked at it from the buyers perspective.)
Now if you were a FSBO you look at what Cyphire has recieved and you say “hey I have had my house on the market for 90 days and I can’t sell it and this Realtor person is doing it in around 40 days at 97% of asking price, maybe I should pay that commission after all?