User
buymynames listed NewYorkStocks.com for sale
here and after several bids stated the following:
Ok, received two $1.1k offers via PM.
I will lower BIN today to $1.5k
--or--
Highest offer before 12PM PST tomorrow gets the name.
Thank you!
The timestamp on that post reads: 11-09-2009, 11:18 AM
At the following time, 11-09-2009, 12:16 PM - I submitted a bid of $1150. No other bids were made in the thread and then at the following time:
11-10-2009, 03:13 PM (3 hours 13 minutes after his deadline) I received a PM from him stating:
Congratulations!
NewyorkStocks.com sold to you PokerPie.
Please send Paypal payment of $1150.00 to xxxxxx@xxxxxx
After payment, I can unlock domain and email you domain login, auth-code.
Thank you and please let me know if you have any question.
Thank you!
Then he sends me this PM at the following time: 11-10-2009, 09:18 PM (six hours later)
The key portion is bolded and underlined.
Hello, PokerPie.
I'm sorry about our previous email. Unfortunately, you didn't win the auction.
Someone had placed a higher offer than your offer before the due date.
We didn't see this note, but we see it now from his email to us.
So, I'm so sorry, please don't us the payment.
To be fair, we will need to sell the domain to this buyer.
Thank you again for your business.
Kindest regards,
Skeptical, I requested proof of this, so he sends me a PM from the buyer from after 12pm yesterday requesting information about the domain and asking how he could make payment (not even an offer). No additional proof was given to me and it is obvious that he simply got a higher offer after his self imposed deadline, went back on his word, and took it.
This sort of thing has happened to me one too many times and I'm sick of it. So many sellers with no integrity willing to break their word at the drop of a hat just to make a few extra bucks.
Even though buymynames had a perfect iTrader rating before this transaction, I would advise against doing business with him as he's obviously willing to throw ethics out the window for the sake of making more money.
Hey buymynames, I hear SnapNames is hiring, I think you'd fit right in over there,
go apply!