We should all feel guilty...

nitronet · Nov 21, 2005

Got this yesterday...contact submission on one of my domains.

Message
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why the **** do you own like half of the ****ing urls on the internet? u know, there are other ****ing people out there who would appreciate it if they could find a friggin unused url for their website but no they type in a site, and up pops this wierd site with a magnifying glass and a speed limit sign. Why the hell did you decide to buy up all the urls if you arent even ****ing using any of them? you god damn people are selfish bastards and you need to realize that young 16 year old potential web designers like myself would appreciate if they could publish their page on a desired URL that hasn't been taken. ****ing Sincerely, Your Mom.

I feel his pain...

Fearless · Nov 21, 2005

sasquatch · Nov 21, 2005

Freagin' commie bastards! :-D

Jennifer · Nov 21, 2005

There are other options out there. A little research goes a long way.

IMHO when development is involved it really doesn't matter what extension you're using. If you've got content, or a product that is worthy of traffic... the traffic will come.

Crying about it, or blaming others is time wasted not looking for other valuable options.

labrocca · Nov 21, 2005

haha that's great! Did you reply with an offer to sell him your domain? Maybe you can give him a free one that's crap. I know I always have some crap laying around that I know I will let expire.

stuff · Nov 21, 2005

Jennifer said:
IMHO when development is involved it really doesn't matter what extension you're using.

That You got totally wrong
Don`t develop anything else then .com

GeorgeK · Nov 21, 2005

I rarely bother to reply to those --- just hit the Delete button, instead.

Moto Geek · Nov 21, 2005

come on guys, you gotta admit, it really stinks! Its almosts strait up scalping.

I only do buisness related deals, that I can make money off of, now if some por kid makes a cool .net site, but forgets to register .com, and someone gets it and does an ad program, thats just sad.

Personal domains and club/item discussion domains should really be left alone. IMO, we need to get real jobs.

JuniperPark · Nov 21, 2005

Cut and paste:

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Dear 16 year old:

I've done you a favor - I've prepared you for the bitter dissapointment you're going to feel when you go to buy a home, find that you'll spend the next 30 years paying a mortgage on a crappy 1 bedroom condo in a bad part of town for $400,000.

I'll go ahead and tell you now who to blame -- your parents and greandparents. Go ahead and tell them NOW what a--holes they are for putting a $1 million price tag on a house they bought a few years ago for $150,000 and paid off long ago. Tell grandma to shove the shanty she lives in up her you-know-what because the shanty is on a full acre of land, just growing weeds, and she won't sell.

With real estate, you're simply screwed. With domains, just go with the less famous tlds, like .CC, .WS or whatever. Your Frontpage website will still work.

Good luck, Junior.

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CashCowDomains · Nov 21, 2005

MrDude · Nov 21, 2005

Bah dont feel guilty, Just use it as a constant reminder why you should take more, If he typed it in there must be more idiots doing the same

Arent most of us here for business and not for feeling guilty about some idiot wanting your domain..I want sex.com, It's not going to happen! You should tell him to register some domains and park them, the more pages "with a magnifying glass and a speed limit sign" the better in my opinion.

Jennifer · Nov 21, 2005

stuff said:
That You got totally wrong
Don`t develop anything else then .com

You have the right to your opinion, though I'm sure you joking :laugh:

JMJ · Nov 21, 2005

Kindof reminds me of the reply I sent to allfordomains when they asked if I would like to sell only I think I used the ****'s a few more times.. lol

DNjet · Nov 21, 2005

So if he was in the era where he found HotRod.com available and reged it to make a site about his hotrod, would he let it drop if he never got to bulding the site? or would he try and sell it for 100k?

that would be my reply.

DomainQuay · Nov 21, 2005

Moto Geek said:
come on guys, you gotta admit, it really stinks! Its almosts strait up scalping.

I only do buisness related deals, that I can make money off of, now if some por kid makes a cool .net site, but forgets to register .com, and someone gets it and does an ad program, thats just sad.

Personal domains and club/item discussion domains should really be left alone. IMO, we need to get real jobs.

Moto Geek, I'm a bit baffled by your reply since this is a domain forum...

:huh:

Luc · Nov 21, 2005

Jennifer said:
You have the right to your opinion, though I'm sure you joking :laugh:

don't mean to pick on you jennifer but i also disagree with your statement.

i can provide you with quite a few instances where the .com version of a developed & fairly popular .net domain receives at least 1/2 the traffic of .net simply because people associate everything with .com.

you can have the best .net, .info, .us and people will type in the .com when looking for it.

fab · Nov 21, 2005

nitronet said:
Got this yesterday...contact submission on one of my domains.

Message
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why the **** do you own like half of the ****ing urls on the internet? u know, there are other ****ing people out there who would appreciate it if they could find a friggin unused url for their website but no they type in a site, and up pops this wierd site with a magnifying glass and a speed limit sign. Why the hell did you decide to buy up all the urls if you arent even ****ing using any of them? you god damn people are selfish bastards and you need to realize that young 16 year old potential web designers like myself would appreciate if they could publish their page on a desired URL that hasn't been taken. ****ing Sincerely, Your Mom.

I feel his pain...

Based on your profile you've got 3k+ domains. If you're going to start giving some away, please remember your pals at DNF who have 16 year olds kids themselves to support.

alldig · Nov 21, 2005

Moto Geek said:
come on guys, you gotta admit, it really stinks! Its almosts strait up scalping.

I only do buisness related deals, that I can make money off of, now if some por kid makes a cool .net site, but forgets to register .com, and someone gets it and does an ad program, thats just sad.

Personal domains and club/item discussion domains should really be left alone. IMO, we need to get real jobs.

Are you sure it wasn't you that wrote that domain inquiry to nitronet? "strait up scalping". Humorous stuff here.

droplister · Nov 21, 2005

I want to get one of these letters, Id have alot of fun with it.

I believe the term for such an emailer is "cedar squatter" i think, I remember domebase wrote an article about similar.

People own lots of land and do nothing with them but hold them for resale. Domains are the same

Mr.Domains · Nov 21, 2005

Hmm... yes... and apparently 5% of the population own 90% of the land in the UK. Those bastards! They should re-distribute it amongst the population evenly. Oh no, wait, that's communism. ;-)