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| Failure Is Not An Option! | aka BARON Baron is a title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin (liber) baro meaning "(free) man, (free) warrior"; it merged with cognate Old English beorn meaning "nobleman."
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| Bloody lovely Last Online: Yesterday 02:57 AM iTrader: (394) Join Date: Feb 2004
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DNF$: 4,079 Location: USA
Country: | Congrats - time for commercial break with Halvarez!
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| Last Online: Today 12:10 PM iTrader: (45) Join Date: Jul 2006
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DNF$: 15,826 Location: Washington DC
Country: | Recently, my accountant asked me for my purchase prices of my snap auctions and I gave them to her (I remember going through the bids and others biding on each auction as well...kind of nostalgic)...it was over the summer. Now I cannot see any of it. I think we all knew this was going on, but just having it unfold now...and me thinking of the times I spent $550, $300, $900 etc.. instead of $59 - it just makes me sick |
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| Exclusive Lifetime Member Name: Mike C. Last Online: Today 09:49 AM iTrader: (13) Join Date: Jul 2007
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| Bloody lovely Last Online: Yesterday 02:57 AM iTrader: (394) Join Date: Feb 2004
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DNF$: 4,079 Location: USA
Country: | Brendan, this guy Rob from Oversee claims the history was removed 2 years ago. This looks more and more like a full-fledged cover up by Snapnames - issuing rebates and removing all evidence that would challenge the amounts involved.
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| Bloody lovely Last Online: Yesterday 02:57 AM iTrader: (394) Join Date: Feb 2004
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DNF$: 4,079 Location: USA
Country: | I have no auction info right now. Zip, nada. Just the list of domains and the prices I paid for each, 49 total since 2005. I want to review each and every damn auction for halvarez. And another thing: in 2005 I helped Snapnames patch a security hole and emailed Nelson Brady. Little did I know that asshole was picking my wallet at the same time.
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| Last Online: Today 12:10 PM iTrader: (45) Join Date: Jul 2006
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DNF$: 15,826 Location: Washington DC
Country: | You know...I remember one of the 1st "snap-backs" I ever had back when we could get them without an auction (the 1st couple years) I had the snap-back on closers.com in 2001 or 2002 - snap names claimed that they were not able to get the name. I remember calling snapnames when I did not get it...I think I spoke with Brady on the phone....he said someone else got it and they were not successful...I am wondering if that was true. According to domaintools history...NameAdministration got it. That is really strange. I never checked that until today. |
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| Bloody lovely Last Online: Yesterday 02:57 AM iTrader: (394) Join Date: Feb 2004
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DNF$: 4,079 Location: USA
Country: | I don't see how Oversee expects this incident not to balloon out of control. They hide auction history and expect us to take the word of a 3rd party forensics firm that works on their behalf. The wrapper is pretty, rebate and 5.22% interest - the inside is a maggot-infested piece of candy noone should eat. Waiting on the announcement of the class action lawsuit. Oversee needs to shape up or else.
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| DNF Member | Oversee might also consider offering some good domains to affected customers... Why not? I beleive some customers would prefer receive real domains and not U.S. currency, or not only U.S. currency. Oversee has their own portfolio, and they also may obtain access to halvarez-owned domains (at least regged through Moniker etc). (I am not speaking about halvarez-owned animalsexdb.com which, at the time of this writing, is parked at domainsponsor being hidden under Travel200.com feed) Furthermore: Four years ago, USD $1000 was about 846 Euros Today, USD $1000 converts to just 673 Euros Even with the "5.22% interest (the highest applicable federal rate during the affected time period)", customers doing billing in Euros LOST Last edited by tonyk2000; 11-05-2009 at 01:35 AM.. |
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| Gold Lifetime Member Last Online: Today 10:58 AM iTrader: (1) Join Date: Sep 2007
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oversee must have done a cost/benefit analysis and figured they would come out ahead by announcing this. what i am unclear at is why they came clean at all? what forced the issue? i can only imagine they believed that the impending scandal, potential lawsuits and expenses where somehow vastly cheaper for them. many people are looking around in disbelief. i cannot believe this is a snapnames only problem aren't there other auction houses with have even LESS transparency, with un-named bidders the norm? if you think the other houses aren't ROUTINELY employing these exact same strategies I have a bridge to sell you. i hear you and i sympathize i hope to see change. but i am unsure what change is required. we all want more transparency, yet this means additional regulation and government involvement. honestly i'm not sure who is the worse bed fellow. govt protection generally flows towards those making the most money, so i would expect verisign or ICANN to somehow profit from this and a few smaller registrars take the fall. Last edited by wishmeluck; 11-05-2009 at 02:06 AM.. | |
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| Last Online: Yesterday 01:26 PM iTrader: (86) Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 2,480
DNF$: 3,142 Location: San Diego, CA
Country: | After reading how Kjel kept covering for "Halvarez" for years, and even refusing to look into some very specific allegations over the years, I have to wonder --- Is Kjel going to jail along with Nelson? It was just a few months ago pointed out (using Google street view) that "Halvarez" was using the address of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant as the registration address of his domains.... yet Kjel says he looked into it and it was legit. |
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| Platinum Lifetime Member Last Online: 11-13-2009 03:20 AM iTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2002
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DNF$: 460 Location: BC
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Also gotta wonder how many other accounts he had... or how many times he had 'secret dealings' with 'friends'.. | |
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Country: | I had many email exchanges with Nelson about Halvarez how the system works, now this is the last one from June 27th 2009, where Nelson was quite inconsistent, he started to make mistakes: http://startseek.com/halvarez.html |
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| Senior Exclusive Member Name: Simon Last Online: 11-23-2009 09:05 AM iTrader: (67) Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 3,057
DNF$: 220 Location: Heard & McDonald Islands
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| Missing in action Name: Kate Last Online: Today 11:02 AM iTrader: (41) Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 4,679
DNF$: 28,133 Location: .cz
Country: | Hmmm there is still a lot to be uncovered but I smell a money laundering operation ![]() Sad day for our industry.
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