PROBLEM - need help ASAP

[HeavyDora]

OK, I feel like I got screwed here and I want to hear your opinions.

Being an avid boxing fan, I was looking for a decent boxing domain that was for sale. I did a search here at DNF. I came across THIS thread:

http://dnforum.com/showthread.php?t=61618&highlight=boxeando.com

I thought, "Well no way I can afford that, but I am very curious what this guy is asking for it." In the thread, people are throwing around numbers like $xx,xxx and $xxx,xxx. Way out of my league.

So I go to his parked domain at sedo.com and put a low bid in. A ridiculously low bid of $500 to see his response and what he would counter with? $50,000? $80,000?

I was SHOCKED this morning when he accepted my bid. Ok, here's my problem. Boxeando.com is NOT spanish for boxing like he claimed in the thread, AND like he claimed on his parked page at sedo.com. I can't exactly figure out WHAT it means. It does not show in a spanish dictionary, but I do see it when I do a search for 'boxeando' on yahoo. I also see the boxing = boxeo, and all the domains boxeo.xxx are taken.

Ok. Yes, I should have done some research. I simply accepted the fact that his domain was as advertised. I haven't contacted sedo yet, but what should I do?

Feeling VERY taken...

I am cross-posting this in the sedo forum as well. Thanks.

 

[GiantDomains]

You didn't "get screwed" as you say. You misread an appraisal and made an offer based on it. Big difference.

 

[iIndo]

ask the seller if he want to cancel that otherwise i think you have to pay that

 

[DomainShark]

Apparently it means "sparring" in various senses and is related to the same root word as "boxeo" so while the name would appear not to be worth $50000 or even $500 you'll have a job arguing that the seller was deliberately misleading you.

 

[HeavyDora]

Apparently it means "sparring" in various senses and is related to the same root word as "boxeo" so while the name would appear not to be worth $50000 or even $500 you'll have a job arguing that the seller was deliberately misleading you.

I don't mean to say he was deliberate. I just relied on the fact that he said it meant boxing in Spanish. I don't think that is true. According to sedo, here is their policy on comments.

>>>Note: Comments are not contractually binding. However, if your comments are found to be untrue, this constitutes sufficient grounds for the other party to cancel the transaction.

I'd suggest it falls into the 'untrue" category, although his comment is close, I guess, according to your response.

As for relying on a bad appraisal, yes. That did factor in there. And I get that point. My loss if so. But does it change anything that he represented that is meant boxing on teh actual sedo page where I placed the bid? Forget the thread (although that sucks for me).

I am starting to calm down now. My first thought was to run here and post about it and jump and down. In retrospect, I should have contacted the seller and asked him to withdraw. Then taken it from there.

Not real thrilled about losing $500 here though.

 

[Sharpy]

When we make a mistake and purchase something for which due diligence was not executed, it is normal to feel like we got screwed. Since he wasn't selling the domain in the DNF thread you quoted, he really wasn't misleading any buyers here. If he stated it in his sedo listing it could be construed as missleading, however, when you punch in boxeando into Babel Fish and ask it to translate spanish to english it does return "boxing"

So it may be a spanish variation of boxing, however it's not like it means donkey's ass or anything.

You did get screwed, but I don't think it was the seller who screwed you.

Sorry.

 

[bidawinner]

he says he means BOXING..and it does NOT mean boxing..

"Just wondering if this domain has any value. Boxeando means "boxing" in Spanish."

He didnt tell it like it is and you made a bid just to see what would happen..

I say you two deserve each other .. maybe you need to box it out ? :cheeky:

I stand corrected ..it appears from all the sites I just looked at http://www.google.as/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=boxeando&btnG=Search
and Sharpys link

that it is indeed does translate to boxing..

in that case $500 seems very reasonable

 

[Mark Bolyard]

I don't know Spanish, but when I go to google and look up boxeando, i went to the first page http://www.esmas.com/espectaculos/cine/340748.html
and used google to translate it, and the headline read BOXING.

I think it's a legit domain name explaination...IMO

 

[HeavyDora]

If he stated it in his sedo listing it could be construed as missleading, however, when you punch in boxeando into Babel Fish and ask it to translate spanish to english it does return "boxing"

I understand your point. And everyone is right. I deserve this. It's actually comical in the end. I am hoping that either sedo agrees with me or this guy is a nice person and lets me out of the contract.

When I go to the link above and type in boxing to spanish, it returns boxeo. But as you say, it must be some variant form of boxing. Misleading in my opinion. I guess we'll see...

 

[jsonline]

It might not help you feel any better but PM me and I will issue you a gift code to get the domain appraised at JS Domains. They will issue a certificate and so on which will help you resell the domain if you wish although I do not think you will be getting an appraisal for what you are spending.

 

[HeavyDora]

in that case $500 seems very reasonable

You want it for $500?

 

[Sharpy]

And here's that page http://www.esmas.com/espectaculos/cine/340748.html translated by babel:

Crowe se lastima boxeando
Crowe is hurt boxing

by: Agency
Source: AP

Russell Crowe dislocates the shoulder in a scene of ' Cinderella Man'
The NGELES, the United States, ene. 30, 2003. - Actor Russell Crowe disloc?n shoulder in Sydney, Australia, while pr?ma trained for a scene of boxing of his pel?la, call Cinderella Man, said to Friday the studies Universal.
The studies a?ieron that the Australian actor ser?perado of immediate and submissive r?men of therapy f?ca. The recuperaci?retrasar?lrededor of a month the beginning of the running, that was se?ado for March and comenzar?n April, agreg?niversal.

The tape ser?oprotagonizada by Ren?Zellweger and directed by Rum Howard, that previously dirig? Crowe in the honored tape a Mind Shining, winning of the Oscar.

so it looks like boxeo is verb boxeando is adverb mayby

boxeador is boxer

 

[mark]

You want it for $500?

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no thanks, but keep in mind that there are variations within the spanish language--sometimes different words or spellings which basically mean the same thing are spoken in spain, mexico, and parts of south america, and of course there is the tex-mex version of spanish, spoken here in texas.

i don't know the seller but think you should buy the name if you placed a offer for it and it was accepted.

 

[jsonline]

I just did get confirmation from a co worker who speaks spanish ... Boxeando does in fact mean Boxing is spanish and as pointed out above there ARE different variations of spanish for different parts of the world.

 

[Steen]

It might not help you feel any better but PM me and I will issue you a gift code to get the domain appraised at JS Domains. They will issue a certificate and so on which will help you resell the domain if you wish although I do not think you will be getting an appraisal for what you are spending.

:smartass:

 

[DomainShark]

I guess it's a bit like a Spanish speaker buying "boxeo in English" for a supposed bargain and ending up with pugilism.com

 

[chatcher]

OK, I feel like I got screwed here and I want to hear your opinions...

You didn't get screwed. You got what some would consider a reasonably-priced lesson, which becomes part of your education and experience in this field. The domain business is very much a word game, and subtle nuances of language affect domain name values greatly. English is my native tongue, and I find it challenging enough without risking much capital on domain names in languages I don't understand. I have registered and purchased non-English domains, but I did so at a big disadvantage to those who understand the language and culture of each particular domain.

I recommend making good on your offer. It is important for your reputation, your karma, and your own perception of yourself. Smile, do the best you can with your new domain, and move forward with a little more wisdom to draw upon in the future.