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About 4 hours ago I received an offer on Sedo for News.st. It was low-ball as most generally are on Sedo, only $300. I thought about how to reply to such a 'low-ball' offer, was it eeven worth it? After all if you put a counter offer in it ties you up contractually for 7 days!
In the end I decide to issue a counter offer, 'nothing ventured - nothing gained' being the motto. So about an hour after receiving the offer I issued my counter offer, a straight forward purchase of $350k or $150k and put into auction. I explained the real possibilities of this domain as I always do.
Then about 30 minutes ago I received an email saying that the potential buyer had cancelled negotiations. Fine, nothing wrong with that at all, this is a free business.
But according to Sedo my counter offer apparently has not even been sent to the potential buyer! Indeed my counter offer is still being reviewed by Sedo Staff! Well how then has the potential buyer cancelled the negotiations? Unless of course it was Sedo?
I have never known counter-offers at Sedo with comments to be handled and passed within the same day, let alone within 2 hours. But this is a first.
Did the buyer withdraw his original offer (which according to Sedo TOS he is legally bound to for 7 days from making the offer)? Or was this Sedo as the potential buyer? Some questions need to be answered here. So I hope the Sedo members here look into this and make a public statement (I will only publish a PM from them anyway).
Was this potential buyer allowed to withdraw their offer? (Against Sedo TOS)
Any ideas or possible explanations from other members here on this weird set of events would be greatly appreciated. This is new even for Sedo.
In the end I decide to issue a counter offer, 'nothing ventured - nothing gained' being the motto. So about an hour after receiving the offer I issued my counter offer, a straight forward purchase of $350k or $150k and put into auction. I explained the real possibilities of this domain as I always do.
Then about 30 minutes ago I received an email saying that the potential buyer had cancelled negotiations. Fine, nothing wrong with that at all, this is a free business.
But according to Sedo my counter offer apparently has not even been sent to the potential buyer! Indeed my counter offer is still being reviewed by Sedo Staff! Well how then has the potential buyer cancelled the negotiations? Unless of course it was Sedo?
I have never known counter-offers at Sedo with comments to be handled and passed within the same day, let alone within 2 hours. But this is a first.
Did the buyer withdraw his original offer (which according to Sedo TOS he is legally bound to for 7 days from making the offer)? Or was this Sedo as the potential buyer? Some questions need to be answered here. So I hope the Sedo members here look into this and make a public statement (I will only publish a PM from them anyway).
Was this potential buyer allowed to withdraw their offer? (Against Sedo TOS)
Any ideas or possible explanations from other members here on this weird set of events would be greatly appreciated. This is new even for Sedo.