For Sale Another C&D waiting to happen

[TopNames.com]

Domain: Domain: teletextholidays.com
Site: SnapNames
Close date: 7/3/05
Sale Price: $125,250 (ended)

It has decent US Overture with extension (357) and massive UK Overture with extension of 2,654. However, it looks like it was dropped by the owners by mistake.

$125,250 is a lot to risk on a name like this...don't ya think? Even if it earned $100 a day, it would take almost FOUR YEARS to break even...and I don't think it will take long to get a C&D on this one. Any bets as to when www.teletextholidays.co.uk tries to get their name back?

This is crazy...you could by an amazing generic .com for $125,250.

 

[nitronet]

It may not get paid for, I've never seen either of the 2 bidders who ran it up bidding at Snapnames before.

 

[jdk]

It may not get paid for, I've never seen either of the 2 bidders who ran it up bidding at Snapnames before.

Maybe we should bet on how long it takes those two to get their accounts cancelled.

 

[BLazeD]

This is crazy...you could by an amazing generic .com for $125,250.

When you think about it like that - yeah its nuts!

 

[Dimva]

This sure is crazy even if it makes 100 aday, mabye buyer has plan to sell it back to the guys who did the misatake and let it drop.
Dimva

 

[namewaiter]

mabye buyer has plan to sell it back to the guys who did the misatake and let it drop.
Dimva

ummm .... this is the definitive definition of a cybersquatting, don't think this is their 'plan', not at $125,000+ maybe at $125

 

[fischermx]

About :

teletextholidays
teletext holidays
tele text holidays
tele text (alone) has one cancelled.

Non of them appeared on the US trademark offices.
So, do they have a local TM just in UK ?

 

[Theo]

As mole put it in another thread: money laundering.

 

[Beachie]

This name will earn more than $100 per day - they'll make $125k back in a year.

 

[Steen]

It could be defendable.

Teletext is a communications medium.

Would be comparable to internetholidays.com imo.

 

[jimbaggs]

Domain: Domain: teletextholidays.com
Site: SnapNames
Close date: 7/3/05
Sale Price: $125,250 (ended)

It has decent US Overture with extension (357) and massive UK Overture with extension of 2,654. However, it looks like it was dropped by the owners by mistake.

$125,250 is a lot to risk on a name like this...don't ya think? Even if it earned $100 a day, it would take almost FOUR YEARS to break even...and I don't think it will take long to get a C&D on this one. Any bets as to when www.teletextholidays.co.uk tries to get their name back?

This is crazy...you could by an amazing generic .com for $125,250.

this cant be real

 

[fischermx]

Money laundry !!

 

[BasharBashar is verified member.]

seems they were bidding for their own name :-D

Registrant:
   Telext Ltd.
   Building 10
   566 Chiswick High Road
   Chiswick Park, England W4 5TS
   GB

   Registrar: DOMBULK
   Domain Name: TELETEXTHOLIDAYS.COM
      Created on: 30-JUN-05
      Expires on: 30-JUN-06
      Last Updated on: 12-JUL-05

   Administrative, Technical Contact:
      Hostmaster, Teletext  hostmaster-teletext.co.uk
      Telext Ltd.
      Building 10
      566 Chiswick High Road
      Chiswick Park, England  W4 5TS
      GB
      44 (0)870 731 3604


   Domain servers in listed order:
      NS1.TELETEXT.COM
      NS3.TELETEXT.COM

End of Whois Information

 

[TopNames.com]

teletextholidays.com $125,250.00 $4,888.00 Outbid! henry66 Pymnt Pend

It still shows as "payment pending".

I wonder if SnapNames got a C&D.

 

[BasharBashar is verified member.]

seems they did otherwise whois info wont show otherwise.

 

[TopNames.com]

seems they did otherwise whois info wont show otherwise.

Yea, I've never seen the whois update while a domain is in "payment pending" status with SnapNames. It seems SnapNames lost out on $125,000+ and someone got very very lucky they didn't get a C&D days after spending all that cash.