Domain idiot of the day #3 - and the award goes to...

[Poker]

Thought I'd resume the "idiot of the day" now that offers have begun to pick up again:

Idiot #3

Subject: Inquiry about (Awesome two word Forex domain regged back in 2003)

>Hello
>I am buying some domain names and came across Forex_.com. Are you willing to sell this domain name?
>If yes I am offering you $250 for this domain. I am giving you 48 hours to reply before I go for another domain
>Thanks
>J.G.


Reply:

Translation: Not only am I going to low ball your domain but you've only got 48 hours to accept it.

Signed: Domain Rookie.

Dude, you need to find a different approach. You've obviously only performed a cursory inspection of How to Win Friends and Influence People.


Past idiots:

Domain idiot of the day #2

Domain idiot of the day #1

 

[south]

Edit.. turning into a sale.

 

[Gerry]

Mine from last night:

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: MelGer, LLC
From: J WARE <j928atbtinternet.com>
Date: Fri, August 12, 2011 8:09 pm
To: DomainsatDogTales.net

Hi i would like to make you a $300 USD offer on to buy the domain name uuaa.com i noticed you no longer want the domain name and you are letting the domain name expire, im a school student and i need to buy a domain over the next 4 days for my webdesign test, I can pay you through paypal or what ever way you like please let me know thank you.
I kindly request that you to respond to this e-mail so that I know you have received the email.


My response:

No.

 

[grcorp]

(facepalm)

My response would be exactly as follows;

"The number you quoted looks fair. Remove the decimal and we'll talk."

Got this one this week:




Needless to say, I explained it to her.

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Just an FYI, Doc, you revealed a few email addys there.

And well put. Though a bold tell-off might get the message across in a more offensive manner, should that have been your intention.

Mine from last night:

Hi i would like to make you a $300 USD offer on to buy the domain name uuaa.com i noticed you no longer want the domain name and you are letting the domain name expire, im a school student and i need to buy a domain over the next 4 days for my webdesign test, I can pay you through paypal or what ever way you like please let me know thank you.
I kindly request that you to respond to this e-mail so that I know you have received the email.


My response:

No.

 

[hugegrowth]

I've had more enquiries in the last month or two than the whole rest of this year.

People seem to want to pay in the $200 to $800 range. Hard to get them to go $1000 or higher.

 

[eeedc]

Dude, you need to find a different approach. You've obviously only performed a cursory inspection of How to Win Friends and Influence People.

It's been quite a while since I read How to Win Friends and Influence People, but I don't think being rude was in the book.

Even in response to an "idiot," it takes no time to say, "No Thanks, I am trying to sell for $10,000," and once in a while if they become more realistic, a sale happens.

If anything, the book, How to Win Friends and Influece People has be questioned for encouraging people to be too polite to the point of sucking-up, such as pretending to like their hobbies.

 

[katherine]

This one should be a good contender for #4

 

[Gerry]

Just an FYI, Doc, you revealed a few email addys there.

And well put. Though a bold tell-off might get the message across in a more offensive manner, should that have been your intention.

Fixed the addys.

I get so many of these. I'm a student, we're a non-profit, I mistakenly dropped this name...this particular dude basically wanted a response. I was tired so I gave him one...No.

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Ooo...I like this one.

 

[jaydub]

Not everyone that does this is an idiot. Some people just don't know what domains are worth.

I usually respond with something like....

Thanks for the offer but we are quite far apart in our valuations of the domain/s you inquired about.
I would be looking in the low $$$$ range. If that works for you please get back to me.

Good luck with your domain search.

What do I care if someone is trying to get my domain with a stinky offer...or they just don't know. They aren't getting it unless we both find a price we can live with....and I have many sales that result from a lowball start. And if I am unbearably indignantly insulted:smilewinkgrin:...I have a delete key.