Some time ago, I was emailed by a gentleman who wanted to sell me the .com version of this domain. This guy was with a group called Flex Media. He sent me a link to click on if I was interested. Suspicious of fraud, I copied the URL and pasted in a browser that I never login to any other services in. I was sent to a page where I could make an offer. I offered $30.
About 4 days go by and I’m thinking they laughed at my offer. But then I got an email back from him. This time instead of asking for an offer, he is offering the domain @ $205. This is a hobbyest site. I do not make any money from it at all. I could not justify this much money for a new domain, so I replied back offering $30 again.
The very next day I get another email from him. This time the offer has been “temporally reduced” to the low low price of $155. This email notes that he is also open to “reasonable offers”. So, I reply back offering $30 again.
The next day I get another email from him. This time he pulled some strings and was able to offer the domain to me for the price of $105. He noted this time that this was his final offer. So I replied back offering $30 again.
I don’t hear back for a couple days, then I get a new email from him. This time he wants to know why I have not bought the domain that I showed interest in. I replied back in a very briefly “Because you did not accept my $30 offer.”. The next day I had the final email from him “We will accept your offer, just go here to purchase the domain”. Then there was another one of those one-time URLs. I clicked on it and it was a page allowing me to purchase it for $30.
So, I bought it and waited the 6 weeks required before transferring the domain. Transfered it to my normal registrar and here it is. For here on out, the site will default to the .com flavor. However, the old links will still work. Just goes to show that sometimes, you just have to stick to your guns.
Cheers,
Jonathan
