On 2010-03-10 10:46:54 +0100, Ben <(E-Mail Removed)> said:

> On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:06:03 +0000, "Cab" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> I enquired how much it'd be to purchase ukrm.net. Here's the reply.
>>
>> ---
>> My name is Patrick Calvoni. I'm a domain consultant with Buydomains.com.
>>
>> I'm contacting you to ensure that you received the price quote for the
>> domain: ukrm.net
>>
>> ukrm.net is currently valued at $5439.32, and can be purchased with a
>> one-time fee with any major credit card, paypal, or wire transfer.
>
> How on earth do they work out that value?

Random number generator.


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> On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:06:03 +0000, "Cab" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I enquired how much it'd be to purchase ukrm.net. Here's the reply.
>>
>>---
>>My name is Patrick Calvoni. I'm a domain consultant with Buydomains.com.
>>
>>I'm contacting you to ensure that you received the price quote for the
>>domain: ukrm.net
>>
>>ukrm.net is currently valued at $5439.32, and can be purchased with a
>>one-time fee with any major credit card, paypal, or wire transfer.
>
> How on earth do they work out that value?

Conversion of :
- 37k Chinese yuan
- 3.6k Sterling
- 700k Icelandic krónur
- ....?


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Yeah some cybersquatting **** did that to my domain, because the
people I originally registered it with didn't bother to email me
saying it was due to expire. Took me ages to track them down - it
seems to have changed hands a few times. Now it's some architect?! in
California who owns it and wants $500 for it. I called him a cheeky
git.

Cab wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 23:43:19 -0000, ogden wibbled:
> > Cab wrote:
> >> I enquired how much it'd be to purchase ukrm.net.
> >
> > Why?
> >
>
> I was busy and bored. HTH.

I wasn't busy, so looked up how much it was likely to cost to purchase
a .net domain via LCN (low cost names). ?20.00. Using the site you are
looking at to purchase the UKRM.NET name and wanting to purchase my own
..NET name came out at almost the same price, less the cents.

(When my own domain name is due for renewal I receive post from someone
else 'offering' to keep it for me for hundreds of pounds, but it costs
less than a fiver for 2 years to renew with LCN).

Shop around.

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Residing in the Capital of Culture 2008
CBR600FW
Peugeot 206 S
SBS#11 (with oak-leaf cluster)
BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12
BONY#54P BOB#18

On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:33:47 +0000, Cab wrote:

> YTC#1 wibbled forthrightly:
>
>> On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:06:03 +0000, Cab wrote:
>>
>> > I enquired how much it'd be to purchase ukrm.net. Here's the reply.
>> >
>> > ---
>> > My name is Patrick Calvoni. I'm a domain consultant with
>> > Buydomains.com.
>> >
>> > I'm contacting you to ensure that you received the price quote for the
>> > domain: ukrm.net
>> >
>> > ukrm.net is currently valued at $5439.32, and can be purchased with a
>> > one-time fee with any major credit card, paypal, or wire transfer.
>> >
>> > Transfer of the domain is fast and easy. We'll send you an email with
>> > a unique username and password.
>> >
>> > You are welcome to use your web host and registrar of choice, or we
>> > can set this up for you.
>> >
>> > Please let me know if you have any questions about the pricing or the
>> > purchase process of ukrm.net.
>>
>>
>> Have your fingers set ready to grab it on 19th July
>
> Why's that?

'cos that is when it is available again.

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And verily, didst fishman <(E-Mail Removed)> hastily babble thusly:
> Yeah some cybersquatting **** did that to my domain, because the
> people I originally registered it with didn't bother to email me
> saying it was due to expire. Took me ages to track them down - it
> seems to have changed hands a few times. Now it's some architect?! in
> California who owns it and wants $500 for it. I called him a cheeky
> git.

The whole domain registration business is as bent as a 3 bob note anyway.
From the start it's been wrong. You should be able to register a domain and
then it's yours, you bought it, not rented it, for good. No-one can
cybersquat you, you own it.

Instead it's like popping out on holiday and forgetting to pay the rent one
month and returning to find someone's moved in and chucked all your stuff
out onto the street while you were gone.
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(E-Mail Removed) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

> The whole domain registration business is as bent as a 3 bob note
> anyway. From the start it's been wrong. You should be able to register a
> domain and then it's yours, you bought it, not rented it, for good.
> No-one can cybersquat you, you own it.

Which, of course, assumes people actually _want_ domain names for life.
They don't always. Companies go south. Individuals get bored. Projects
come to an end.

Why should somebody who wants "ProjectNameForAYear.com" pay the same as
"BigCorporationsNameForEver.com"? Nah. Daft.

You want to make sure you keep the domain name? Simple. Use a reputable
reg who won't "forget" to notify you, register it for as long as you can,
and keep track of when it's due.

Then there's the whole malicious registration mullarkey - I've re-
registered domains that've been originally registered by somebody who's
used 'em to take a pop, then got bored and gone away. Let 'em expire,
wait for the chancers to get bored, then register 'em afresh.

wrote:
> And verily, didst fishman <(E-Mail Removed)> hastily babble thusly:
> > Yeah some cybersquatting **** did that to my domain, because the
> > people I originally registered it with didn't bother to email me
> > saying it was due to expire. Took me ages to track them down - it
> > seems to have changed hands a few times. Now it's some architect?! in
> > California who owns it and wants $500 for it. I called him a cheeky
> > git.
>
> The whole domain registration business is as bent as a 3 bob note anyway.
> From the start it's been wrong. You should be able to register a domain and
> then it's yours, you bought it, not rented it, for good. No-one can
> cybersquat you, you own it.
>
> Instead it's like popping out on holiday and forgetting to pay the rent one
> month and returning to find someone's moved in and chucked all your stuff
> out onto the street while you were gone.

Nonsense.

If we stick with your dreadful analogy, it's more like popping out on
holiday for three months when your tenancy agreement is due for renewal
and wondering why you don't have a flat to live in when you get back.

I've had domains for 12 years now and never lost one because I forgot to
renew it.

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On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:26:08 GMT, wrote:

> The whole domain registration business is as bent as a 3 bob note
> anyway. From the start it's been wrong. You should be able to register
> a domain and then it's yours, you bought it, not rented it, for good.
> No-one can cybersquat you, you own it.

That used to be true back in the day, at least for co.uk domains. My work
had one for years before some registrar chased us up and said that clearly
selling them for life was a mistake and not a viable business solution and
really we should be paying annually, and would have to from that point
onwards.

We had to pay up or lose the domain.

On 2010-03-11 15:16:28 +0100, YTC#1 <bdp-(E-Mail Removed)> said:

>>>
>>> Have your fingers set ready to grab it on 19th July
>>
>> Why's that?
>
> 'cos that is when it is available again.

Expiration date != Available date.

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