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Originally Posted by PokerPie  people always call this kind of thing a scam. i don't see how its a scam. he is running a business, and a clever one at that. he is also performing a service and letting you know the domain is available |
You know...I think I agree with this statement.
I actually bought a name this way and paid about $150...it was a .com which I had the .net for and would have paid 10x that (as I was going to develop the .net....I felt that it was a little creepy how I was approached, but I was very careful and I used escrow.com - even with a small transaction - got the name....and at the end of the day was very happy with the purchase.
I actually wanted a complete list of the names he was selling as there may have been some gems in there....and there were....these are the names which slip through the 'drop' cracks.
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