( Agreed - it's best to lowball by 30% or so and not 300,00% )
That is the problem with domaining anymore, the buy cheap sell high is getting harder and harder. While more and more people keep trying to do it, and big biz domain is grabbing much more of the pie. I started getting spam on my dropped domains now, saying I can renew it at their url. Then as it was to about drop from my hostway account, they sent a email offering to sell it to me at $80.
A few things come to my mind, first is what big iccan domainer is letting these people under them. 2nd is iccan letting anyone buy accounts from them, 3rd with billions being made iccan, is letting domaining places take control over the market more then they are. Iccan is worst then asleep at the wheel, as it looks like iccan is all for these shady dealings.
And while one can say nothing wrong with these goings ons, it's even more true it's taking domaining aftermarketing into the ground. Try picking up a good name they are all gone, most of them are just sitting waiting to sell to some one. Not that it's bad to sell lots of domains, but it's leading to very shady going ons that is for sure. I have now looked up free to reg names, at one of the big guys to see about regging and by the time.
I try to reg them they was taking then, now I must sit and wonder if this name brand domain seller. Has been catching this info, and selling it or using it them selfs. My guess is they are using it them selfs, as I have gotten calls out of the blue while doing my normal domain stuff. But at these times I was searching for saving codes, and trying more a few to see if they work. One such call only ask if their was anything they could do for me, and knowing this super domain sell could not all all their domain owners.
Leads me to believe they are catching info from buyers, that with in it's self is ezdropping, witch no domain sellers should ever being doing. It may not be breaking a law, but it is breaking a big trust that should not be broken. This has been going on as I read in a article about it, it's a shame such things are happening and not by flyby night outfits. But by big names in domaining, iccan needs to turn it all over to them or get control back once again.