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11-04-2009, 12:33 PM
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    | Ugh. In the process of reading the email now... Although, I must admit, it is hilariously naive to see the faith and trust people put in 'online institutions' when enormous sums of money are involved. Any fellow online poker players here? Hell, we've already worn out this path with Ultimate Bet/Absolute Poker.
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11-04-2009, 12:43 PM
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| * It's obvious that this crap has been going on for years, and I suspect that dear Halvarez is just the tip of the iceberg. And not just at Snapnames. There needs to be some kind of oversight. The bad boys of domaining are running amok, and no one is babysitting them. *
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11-04-2009, 12:44 PM
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| hahaha....hey dongsman, whats with the new avatar? looks like someone getting "donged"....lol...lol
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11-04-2009, 12:45 PM
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   | link added The plot thickens; a VP - incredible! From DNN.com: 11|04|2009 12:51 pm EDT SnapNames User Name “Halvarez” Was Nelson Brady, VP of Engineering Bidding on Domain Names
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11-04-2009, 12:46 PM
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| btw. real shame whats happening at SN. I find it hard to believe that an emplyee had so much latitude. I dont know, but it just seems to me that he wasn't acting alone or that if he was acting alone it was with the implicit blessing of others. Just my thoughts. I could be wrong.
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11-04-2009, 12:47 PM
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 | HALVEREZ aka: Nelson Brady, VP of Operations SnapNames.com, Inc. 1600 SW 4th Ave Suite 400 Portland,�* OR�* 97201 tel:�*�*�* 503-219-9990 x223 direct: 503-459-5723 cell: 360-903-8844 fax:�* 503-274-9749 nelsonb@SnapNames.com Domain name auctions to purchase quality expired and deleting names |
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11-04-2009, 12:48 PM
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11-04-2009, 12:51 PM
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        | There have been reports the person responsible is Nelson Brady. If it was Nelson Brady, that is 100x worse than some rogue employee. Nelson Brady Title and Company: VP Engineering at Snapnames Brad
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11-04-2009, 12:57 PM
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| Hey guys check out this old post on namepros... Its an email HALVAREZ 'Nelson Brady' wrote to someone http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-...-you-must.html INSANE! |
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11-04-2009, 01:12 PM
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| Well, when you have a VP shill bidding for 4+ years it sure makes you question what else is going on. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=621078 It also pretty much flushes their credibility down the drain. I am sure they will lose a lot of business. Brad
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11-04-2009, 01:14 PM
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 | 4 years of people complaining about it before they finally realised the avalanche hanging over them was going to come crashing down; so only then do they pretend to be 'whistle-blowers' acting in the public interest...  Pfft, I never trusted this company from the moment I read their 'privacy' policy 
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????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=621078 I think it's possible. No matter what, they will be under intense scrutiny. And the possible lawsuits! Hello, Court TV. Seriously, this is just another blight on an industry that has basically been running amok for years. Sad. *
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11-04-2009, 01:20 PM
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It always starts with them laughing and denying, but ends up with a grand public mea-culpa in the hopes that people will view it as them 'stepping up and doing the right thing' (when there was no other option available) in what is really a cynical public relations maneuver. I'm pretty much at the point where online institution + large sums of money = zero faith in integrity. Someone, somewhere in the organization will be cheating. We saw it at godaddy with premium dropping names, we're seeing it here in a much uglier, directly impactive way with snap. Whether or not it's a 'rogue employee' is immaterial to the fact that the auctioning institution itself was grossly negligent in ensuring basic protocols to protect their customers from fraud were followed.
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11-04-2009, 01:25 PM
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"DDOOUUBBLLEE SNAP!" sounds better cause you paid at least double for everything.  sad day in domainland, time for namepros to bust out the hall of shame | ||||
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11-04-2009, 01:39 PM
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| I don't participate that often, but that name looks familiar. How could one person even put a dent into snapnames sales? 1% seems high to me and actually bidding on 5% of the auctions seems like a lot. I'd like to see the list of the names he was involved in. If he was also reimbursing himself through snapnames, I really think they should sue him and try to take ownership of those names again. He acquired them in a fraudulent manner, so I don't see why he should keep them. Seems like a lot of time to spend shill bidding; wonder if he had a bot to do it for him too.
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11-04-2009, 01:44 PM
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| This is just the domain auction business. It took you 4 years to finally paint someone relevant into a corner. Nelson Brady will be the goat this time for an entire industry built on corruption and secrets. (Wait until dirt about the parking biz comes to light!!) |
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