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Joel,
You bring up a point worth emphasizing to people. If you are anticipating getting a new domain, don't be spending a lot of time doing lookups to see if the name you want is available. Somehow or other, "they" can monitor what new domain names are being looked up and "they" will register it before you have a chance to get back to your ISP. Then, as you discovered, "they" want a fee to sell it to you, even though "they" never had any intentions of using it.
I don't exactly know who "they" are, but it seems that you were a victim of this.
Just an FYI
Gary
P.S. I use my Last4Ever a lot - a handy dandy tool to own.
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Yeah, when I created the web site the URL was not available so I went with the .net
I think there is a band that is lastforever so the speculators tied it up
Then I started getting emails about a year later asking me to bid on the URL but they refused my offers and told me it would be $350 to get the URL
After a few emails and phone calls I told them that I was fine with my .net web site and for them to leave me alone
They kept dropping the price until it got down to $45 and I bought it. Worth it to me and I guess if they do enough it makes them money as well
It seems to be a cottage industry... Welcome to the web
Thanks for the props on the tool... I appreciate it
Joel
Yeah, when I created the web site the URL was not available so I went with the .net
I think there is a band that is lastforever so the speculators tied it up
Then I started getting emails about a year later asking me to bid on the URL but they refused my offers and told me it would be $350 to get the URL
After a few emails and phone calls I told them that I was fine with my .net web site and for them to leave me alone
They kept dropping the price until it got down to $45 and I bought it. Worth it to me and I guess if they do enough it makes them money as well
It seems to be a cottage industry... Welcome to the web
Thanks for the props on the tool... I appreciate it
Joel
That is called GAMBLING, when the World Wide Web Started, many spent pennies on buying names, got ownership. Made a KILLING selling what they OWNED!.
Only if you grab some duct tape and use it for a splint...
I'll need to add some pics to my website of the alternative uses