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Hello all:
Any insight on this one:
A domain is posted on Afternic as available, the auction starts on June 27th.
I check WHOIS, and yes, the domain expired 17th May.
I pre-order it with the minimum required to qualify, and this pre-order is considered a bid, so says Afternic in several places on the site. They also send me several emails stating that my pre-order is lodged, and I do not have to do anything more, unless of course, I am outbid once the auction starts. Then, I can continue bidding. Fair enough.
The auction starts on July 27th, right on schedule.
The auction ends on July 2nd, right on schedule. I am the only and winning bidder.
So why hasn't the name transferred? I've got plenty of money on file, and with my CC details in my Afternic membership.
After two emails to support, the first response is that they are experiencing a technical issue and they will solve it shortly.
Finally today, the 9th--a week after the auction closed--I get another response telling me that the owner renewed the name during the pre-order phase, the auction wasn't really an auction, and my pre-order wasn't really a bid. Huh? That's not what it says on the Afternic site.
Checking the WHOIS record a few minutes ago, I see that nothing has changed, the name is still expired on 17th May, 2008.
This is the second time in as many weeks when Tucows kites a domain, I place a bid, then the name is withdrawn...in this current case, with an outright lie. What a shame that Afternic seems complicit as well.
It seems they want to test the water, pull the name and then offer it for more in a BIN sale.
Oh yeah, they gave me a free year's membership for my inconvenience. Wowee!
Anyone else experiencing Auctioneer "Tasting" or "Kiting"?
Any insight on this one:
A domain is posted on Afternic as available, the auction starts on June 27th.
I check WHOIS, and yes, the domain expired 17th May.
I pre-order it with the minimum required to qualify, and this pre-order is considered a bid, so says Afternic in several places on the site. They also send me several emails stating that my pre-order is lodged, and I do not have to do anything more, unless of course, I am outbid once the auction starts. Then, I can continue bidding. Fair enough.
The auction starts on July 27th, right on schedule.
The auction ends on July 2nd, right on schedule. I am the only and winning bidder.
So why hasn't the name transferred? I've got plenty of money on file, and with my CC details in my Afternic membership.
After two emails to support, the first response is that they are experiencing a technical issue and they will solve it shortly.
Finally today, the 9th--a week after the auction closed--I get another response telling me that the owner renewed the name during the pre-order phase, the auction wasn't really an auction, and my pre-order wasn't really a bid. Huh? That's not what it says on the Afternic site.
Checking the WHOIS record a few minutes ago, I see that nothing has changed, the name is still expired on 17th May, 2008.
This is the second time in as many weeks when Tucows kites a domain, I place a bid, then the name is withdrawn...in this current case, with an outright lie. What a shame that Afternic seems complicit as well.
It seems they want to test the water, pull the name and then offer it for more in a BIN sale.
Oh yeah, they gave me a free year's membership for my inconvenience. Wowee!
Anyone else experiencing Auctioneer "Tasting" or "Kiting"?