great domains auction cancelled by sedo

dvdrip · Dec 22, 2011

I won a domain name in the last great domains monthly auction.
I paid immediately and waited to get the domain.
Today, almost 8 days after I paid, I got a message that the transaction was cancelled by sedo and I got a refund.
No explanation, no banned user, no nothing...
I send a message to sedo and I am waiting for an expanation AND a solution.

silentg · Dec 22, 2011

Might've been a stolen domain. Check the whois history to see if you can find any info.

dvdrip · Dec 22, 2011

I don't think it's a stolen domain. Owner stayed the same for the last 10 years.
They changed their email address 3 times but that doesn't seem strange to me over 10 years.

EM @MAJ.com · Dec 22, 2011

Would you mind sharing the domain name in question?

dvdrip · Dec 22, 2011

Well, not just yet. I want to see what sedo says first.

TheLegendaryJP · Dec 22, 2011

Keep us posted, no harm in sharing the name imo.

urlurl · Dec 22, 2011

search the name here to see if it was listed for sale here by a dn member.

dvdrip · Dec 23, 2011

The reply from sedo:

We are very sorry that we had to cancel this transfer. Unfortunately we were not able to get hold on the seller after the closing of the auction. Every request to push the domain remained unanswered and any attempt to contact the person in all available ways also failed, which left us no option but to cancel the transaction.

The seller's account has been put under revision and is due to receive respective penalties. Thank you for your patience in this matter. I hope this information is helpful for you.

urlurl · Dec 23, 2011

standard reply - sounds like the seller got cold feat (or didnt make what he wanted)

did you serch the name here to see if it was a dnf member?

dvdrip · Dec 23, 2011

I didn't find the domain name here.
I guess they didn't like they only got their reserve price and no other bids.

katherine · Dec 23, 2011

By any chance, is the seller a Swiss entity ?

dvdrip · Dec 23, 2011

No, they are in New York.

Onward · Dec 23, 2011

Sounds like this seller set their own secret reserve and knew they were only going to sell if there was a bidding war. Can you let us know the name so we know who does business like this?