I paid five bucks to join afternic. But for some reason, some features never worked. I could never enter chat.
A great mystery arose as to why the system garbled my posts. I tried and tried to create paragraphs, but afternic ignored my return key.
I often received messages from afternic that my name on auction had received bids. The problem was I never owned nor listed the name.
I was never able to bulk upload names. When I tried, I got back the message that one name was successfully uploaded. Requests for service on all these issues were ignored.
For these and other reasons, I never had confidence in the integrity of afternic. I never received a bid on any names that I DID LIST, only on names i Hadnt listed. But if I had made a sale, I wouldnt have used their escrow as they put me in doubt as to whether I would receive payment in timely fashion, if ever. The boards degenerated into complete garbage.
I think the net being what it is, almost any chat board will degenerate to trash if it is not policed. It only stands to reason that a legitimate business marketplace will not tolerate outrageous dispruptions, its common sense. Thus, a company that cannot accept the responsibility, and some expense or inconvenience, to maintain a business decorum, is probably not trustworthy to handle major transactions.
It seems to me that items reported as sold on afternic, probably were never in fact sold. For that matter, I seriously question the legitimacy of a sale reported on GreatDomains, that of beauty.cc for 3 million. Its too fantastic to be believed, other than as a shill or sham transaction.
Well, I dont know the ropes around here, so Ill shut up, awaiting replies and guidance.