It Had To Happen Sometime!

[Gerry]

YES! It has finally happened.

Someone has contacted me to sell me a domain name...THAT I OWN!

It is going to be so much fun as I negotiate with this loser attempting to sell me my own name. Stay tuned...

 

[asfas]

You got to sell it to him first, right ? ! LOL

 

[katherine]

It is a classic. Is this a domain that is expiring ?

 

[domainoid]

if the domain is expiring the person may be planning on catching it as a drop and is already offering to sell to possible buyers.


would not be surprised if he is assuming the owner is letting it drop and can't get it back at this point, so he may have targeted the registrant. but if he doesn't know one of the people he contacted is the actual owner i'd make him work hard during the negotiations making him a really high offer if he answers all of my questions and does some tough research on the domain for me. have fun!

 

[Gerry]

It is a classic. Is this a domain that is expiring ?

Yes, or at least it is appearing in the query as dropping or expiring (I have not renewed yet).

These people search for other looks like, sounds like, feels like registrations and peruse the WHOIS.

I responded that I am definitely interested and how much are they wanting for this WONDERFUL domain!

 

[Angela St. Julien]

Please keep us posted. I would love to know what happens next. Lol!

 

[fpforum]

Dang..this still hasn't happened to me, but I'll keep waiting! In the meantime, keep us posted with what happens here. Try and waste as much of his time as you can

 

[asfas]

Change WHOIS and offer $5,000 if he can give it to you within a week. Then sell it to him for $2,000. (I assume this is a domain of mediocre value)

 

[ImageAuthors]

The same thing has happened to me a couple of times.

Be sure to waste as much of their time in back-and-forth emails as possible.

I doubt they'll pay anything much for the domain -- not if they're the people I think they are. And beware of making written offers, in case there's a legal department on the other end to make trouble by attempting to hold you to some kind of informal contract.

 

[asfas]

The same thing has happened to me a couple of times.

Be sure to waste as much of their time in back-and-forth emails as possible.

I doubt they'll pay anything much for the domain -- not if they're the people I think they are. And beware of making written offers, in case there's a legal department on the other end to make trouble by attempting to hold you to some kind of informal contract.

That would be funny, someone selling properties they don't own to use legal measures against you !

 

[NameYourself]

These same people have been at that game for years. They actual DEVALUE names at auction too as they typically bulk mail everyone offering some amazing name at like $299.. this happens on auctions where the current bid is already thousands more than what they even put in the email, so not exactly sure what the end game is. Either way they are purporting to own something that they do not own, and then offering to sell what they do not own, not to mention the price they send out is usually something ridiculously cheap (as a BIN) which #1 means that potential buyer will never expect to pay the actual value at some point in the future to the person who really does own it, and #2 the simple fact that they were offered it once and were lied to (by who they think is the owner) would be enough to anger and scare away any potential buyer for that same name in the future. In a word, these people are justifying fraud.

 

[Tia Wood]

You sure you didn't send that email yourself last time you got drunk?

 

[NameYourself]

An endless loop of self perpetuatual amusement.
But even more sad the next morning upon realizing you both loved and hated yourself.
Who are we kidding though DNF members are better than that right? +1 for entertaining thoughts!

 

[katherine]

You sure you didn't send that email yourself last time you got drunk?

You kidding, but I nearly placed a bid on a domain at Sedo once, that I happened to actually own

 

[Tia Wood]

You kidding, but I nearly placed a bid on a domain at Sedo once, that I happened to actually own

Time to disconnect from the internet LMAO.

I did something like that before, too.