Putting one over on fellow domainers

[Raider]

Have you ever come across a sales thread where a seller tries to put one over on us? and it's so obvious that you want to paddle him, but you cant because it would violate rules?

The most egregious are the ones where a seller posts in the external links forum, where he or a friend enters a shill bid on Ebay or Sedo for the purpose of getting interest in the domain.... Like were all stupid not to see through it.

They really insult our intelligence when they do this, and they get away with it because the rules protect them,... There must be some kind of rule in place to close these threads down. Come on.

 

[democrat]

the internet must be a very stressful place for you to hang out.

What would you suggest as a remedy? *amused*

 

[areav]

DCG Its pretty easy.. if someone is selling a shit name, that has an $x,xxx bid... ban them.

The other really boring one which 90% of members here do is the "Just got a PM bid of $50,000 for crapdomain.us"

But the problem is, I have sold crap names for $x,xxx or more. Apparently they weren't crap to someone.

 

[draggar]

As per eBay's policy:

For buyers:

You must pay for any item you buy.
Many of the items on eBay are sold in an auction-style format where you can make bids. Bidding is a lot of fun, but remember that each bid you make is a binding contract to buy the item if you win. The same is true for Buy It Now purchases. Not paying for an item after you have agreed to buy it has some negative consequences, which are explained in our unpaid item policy.

You can only bid if you really intend to buy the item, even if you’re making a non-binding bid.
Non-binding bids can only be made on certain items, like real estate and vehicles, but they still mean that you are seriously interested in buying the item. The bottom line is, don’t place any bid unless you mean it.

For sellers:

Sellers must honor the transaction contract. Sellers cannot fail to deliver an item for which payment was accepted, significantly misrepresent an item by not meeting the terms and item description outlined in the listing, or refuse to accept payment for an item at the end of a successful sale.

If someone is still offering a domain for sale AFTER the auction is done and there was a winning bidder - they are in violation of eBay's policies. Feel free to report them to eBay.

If the posts violate this forums rules, report them and management will look into it.

Unfortunately we cannot police eBay in regards to shill bidding etc. but the good news is that 99% of the people are smart enough to notice something is off when there is a ridiculously high price on a domain with one bidder with no other bids and zero feedback.

 

[JuniperPark]

Are you talking about me?

http://www.dnforum.com/f580/departed-net-60-bid-sedo-auction-thread-379579.html#post1754073