An important message from Snapnames

[irongloves]

Luckily, for me, only 1 auction has been affected.

But I will be looking in the history of all my auctions (wasting my time). At least for those I still have on the account

They are going to give me back US$51.00 + interest

 

[Fearless]

They are saying they owe me $6,700 on only 4 auctions in early 2006. It's hard for me to believe I was only affected in 4 auctions. There no mention of what they are doing about all the auctions where he won and I was in second place.

 

[EffectiveNames.com]

Mine looks perfect, exactly as I had calculated to the penny. I have to say I'm impressed by how they're handling this... As far as my account goes, they're squaring up 100%.

You really buy the "one lone account" theory?

And do you have access to all your 2003 - 2007 records?

 

[Seraphim]

Impressed?? The company robbed people of hundreds of thousands of dollars. They have no choice, as lawsuits and government intervention will crush SnapNames and destroy Oversee if they don't do what's right and proper.

Any idiot can see that this couldn't possbily be limited to one person or one i.d., so in effect anything SnapNames does is not in the interest of their users but to protect their on-the-way-to-jail asses and the parent company's goodwill.

I must say I am amazed at how easily and fully people can be looted and then so quickly forgive (look at the poll results.).

Dude, in AdWords I've lost XXX,XXX, and I will never get a rebate for a dime of that. I guess my perspective is just different than yours. I'm a low expectations guy when it comes to dealing with corporations. I count their corruption into what I expect to get in ROI.

 

[EffectiveNames.com]

They are saying they owe me $6,700 on only 4 auctions in early 2006. It's hard for me to believe I was only affected in 4 auctions.

This is the crux of the matter: they are offering compensation but they are not allowing you to verify that it is correct. That will simply not stand up in court.

There no mention of what they are doing about all the auctions where he won and I was in second place.

They will be doing absolutely nothing if they can get away with it.

 

[Fearless]

Mine looks perfect, exactly as I had calculated to the penny. I have to say I'm impressed by how they're handling this... As far as my account goes, they're squaring up 100%.

How could you know this without all the history?

 

[Seraphim]

How could you know this without all the history?

Most of my bidding was late 2006 and forward. I'm one of the lucky ones.

 

[EffectiveNames.com]

thanks for the great replies k:

btw, you joined in 2003, what took you so long to pipe up. you seem a real asset to this community imho

Thanks man, very kind of you!

Mostly, I've been busy accumulating domains over the past six years. I've posted a few times but my enthusiasm for this forum was somewhat dented when I bought what was, at the time, the top level of lifetime membership, only to have it superseded soon afterwards by a new, higher top-level :upset:

I never have liked getting screwed :lol:

 

[ohkus]

I will stick with the world's most secure registrar until otherwise is proven. The real risk is transferring domains out of Moniker imo.

Well...umm Rick Latona is transferring out to fabulous....

whois baja.com
whois RICKLATONA.COM

Others are transferring out....including the infamous nodaddy.com domain..

 

[EffectiveNames.com]

Most of my bidding was late 2006 and forward. I'm one of the lucky ones.

And your data goes back that far?

Mine stops dead in November 2007, just after a big buy, pumped up to $2,450 by Halverez.

 

[Gerry]

They are saying they owe me $6,700 on only 4 auctions in early 2006. It's hard for me to believe I was only affected in 4 auctions. There no mention of what they are doing about all the auctions where he won and I was in second place.

Are you implying they have already contacted you and submitted a total owed?

 

[Theo]

From Snapnames support:

> *If you were affected by the inappropriate bidding, you will receive an
> email communication with detailed records, auction by auction, from Rust
> Consulting, the third party hired by the company to administer the
> rebates. The communication will be sent out later this week to all
> affected customers to their email address on file with SnapNames. If you
> do not receive a communication from Rust Consulting, none of your domain
> purchases or bidding was impacted by these events. If you do not receive
> the communication from Rust Consulting but believe you were affected
> please contact them at 888-413-5338 after November 5th.

Start calling this 888 number.

 

[FormerDnForumer]

There no mention of what they are doing about all the auctions where he won and I was in second place.

Yea, what's the story with those??

 

[Gerry]

It's irrelevant. They MUST reinstate all history prior to 2007. There is no other way to compare notes.

I agree.

Waiting on email.

 

[Equalizer]

kind of dumb to settle withot seeing the historical data.
Somepeeple will do anything for a buck...

 

[Seraphim]

And your data goes back that far?

Mine stops dead in November 2007, just after a big buy, pumped up to $2,450 by Halverez.

My history stops in Nov. 2007, but my rebate goes back to early 2007.

Sounds like folks who lost huge dollars prior to 07, are going to have to get a lawyer involved. Shitty situation.

 

[EffectiveNames.com]

My history stops in Nov. 2007, but my rebate goes back to early 2007.

How on Earth, then, do you know that "they're squaring up 100%"?

Remember, they are denying us access to the years when he was, by their own admission, most active.

Sounds like folks who lost huge dollars prior to 07, are going to have to get a lawyer involved. Shitty situation.

Well, personally, I am alarmed that anyone, who lost any amount of money, even just a few bucks, isn't offended by their refusal to let us confirm the data for ourselves. The company has already proved that they are, at best, incapable of delivering fair results, at worse they deliberately stole our money - why on Earth should we have to accept their calculations without the chance to corroborate their numbers?

 

[Fearless]

I found one of my auctions November 2007 where my proxy was $8,500 and my current bid was $884. Nelson knowing my reserve was $8,500 bid $7,500. Then my auto bid went to $7,750. Then I assume another user saw this action between two bidders and bid once at $8,000. My auto bid kicked it to $8,250 and I won the auction.

With this scenario I get no rebate when clearly halvaraz was a huge factor that likely cost me thousands of dollars.

 

[Gerry]

I must say I am amazed at how easily and fully people can be looted and then so quickly forgive (look at the poll results.).

We, who do backorder, pretty much know which name is dropping, when, and WHICH dropcatcher has the best chance of catching the name.

With that said, when this news broke I went into my account to take a look at the names backordered and getting ready to auction. I came to the conclusion that there was not a single name that I could not live without and canceled all my back orders and deleted my watch/drop list that I was either going to bid on or had submitted bids.

I will not use them anymore. For me, and for many others, the trusted dropcatcher list is getting rather small. And I use the word trusted with hesitation. I had stopped using Pool over a year ago after they did not contact me to inform me which registrar a won domain went to. Two weeks later, I called to inquire and was told it was not their problem or concern. I was livid. When I stated in clear precise language that I would be contacting my CC carrier and I will let them make this issue their concern, I got emails from both Pool and the registrar holding the names.

You really buy the "one lone account" theory?

And do you have access to all your 2003 - 2007 records?

Need to include 2009 with that.

 

[Equalizer]

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