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11-04-2009, 01:52 PM
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   | What if he is Not The Only One or he had Multiple Aliases? He's been doing this to us for 4 years. I met him at domainfest to... Any other suspect bidders working at snapnames? Was he working alone? He has got me for more than US$15,000+ this year alone in Over Bidding against him...the Crook. |
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11-04-2009, 01:59 PM
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    | Michael Berkens has an interesting post on his blog, TheDomains.com, about how all this might have an impact on the original purchase of SnapNames by Oversee, given that the majority of the fraudulent action allegedly took place before the acquisition and that the perpertrator was a shareholder of the selling company. Looks like this story is about more than just auction refunds! Can Oversee Get Some Of The Money They Paid For Snapnames.com Back? ---------- Post added at 09:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:57 PM ----------
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11-04-2009, 02:04 PM
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| It is going to be Interesting to see which lawyers Snapnames and Oversee use. Ron James should have valuable insight in a day or two. My damages alone are around US$40,000 so i can image the compensation figure all up is going to be HUGE $$$$ when people check their Auction History. HALVAREZ was a Busy Boy!! |
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11-04-2009, 02:06 PM
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11-04-2009, 02:09 PM
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11-04-2009, 02:10 PM
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    | Looks like the rebates will only be made where Halvarez was the #2 bidder in the auction.
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11-04-2009, 02:10 PM
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11-04-2009, 02:11 PM
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| Documenting Halvarez's Bidding History * I thought I'd start a thread that would begin documenting the domains that Halvarez bid on. My list is small, but I noticed this: Apparently, he bid only on dotcoms (at least on my auction list). He ignored some really good domains in other TLDs, including my Poets [.] net. Also, I noticed that when bidding got hot, he didn't bid beyond his initial bid. It would be interesting to discover what others find on their completed auctions lists. Here's my list, all .coms (I won none of these domains): Lurk*
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11-04-2009, 02:14 PM
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| So this VP gets away with tons of money and domain names... So he may or may not be sued for some of the names... Will they even press criminal charges? I'm sure he's taking it easy in his mansion right about now.[COLOR="Silver"] I also wonder if it will be all hush after this for a while..... |
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11-04-2009, 02:17 PM
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????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/621078-halvarez-at-snapnames-auctions-uncovered.html Rust Consulting Inc., the Leader in Class Action Settlement Administration > Home You might want to think VERY carefully before taking their "rebate offer" and signing onto all the contingencies and waivers that are surely attached to it. This "Rust Consulting" appears to be a damage control/PR hit team that specializes in mitigating precisely this sort of thing, up to and including their own in-house "500-seat call center, staffed with customer service representatives trained on the details of your situation." http://www.rustconsulting.com/Servic..._Response.aspx
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11-04-2009, 02:18 PM
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11-04-2009, 02:19 PM
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| * I started a Halvarez documentation list here: http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-...g-history.html You're welcome to join in! *
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11-04-2009, 02:24 PM
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| Snapnames is going into Major Damage control just got another email from Jeff Kupietzky. I like snapnames and will continue to use them but im going to Make Sure im compensated fairly for this Fraud. ---------- Post added at 01:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:20 PM ---------- ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=621078
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11-04-2009, 02:28 PM
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| * Just got a monitor notice for Ruin.us, registered yesterday. Guess who has it? Yep, Snapnames: Ruin.us - Ruin Seems apt. * ---------- Post added at 05:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:26 PM ---------- * Hey, fred88. Are you sure you're not Halvarez, somewhere offshore, sipping Mai Tai's? *
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11-04-2009, 02:29 PM
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 Nice one - what with that and the back-to-back Dongsman/Microguy posts and their mutual avatar-appreciation going on  , this thread is keeping me entertained as well as informed...!  | ||||
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11-04-2009, 02:32 PM
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| * There are so many twists and turns to this story, and Ruin.us is just the icing on the cake. I don't believe in coincidences, by the way. *
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????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=621078 That does just go to show how little 'good faith' is going on here and what a cynical and coordinated damage control effort this is (under the illusion of and on the pretext of 'good faith', obviously)
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11-04-2009, 02:47 PM
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Ahhh, so finally the real and ever present Mr mysterious "Halvarez" pops his head up at last, if you are right and Halvarez was the VP of operations then WOW, that is a pretty serious mess and far worse than I had expected.  I hope snapnames restores our Order History back to when we first started using snapnames - all my auction history before Nov-2007 has recently been deleted  NOT GOOD . | ||||
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11-04-2009, 02:48 PM
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| He was targeting peoples accounts with Bots as someone else pointed out he would put his initial bid on at the exact second my bid was placed...but he did not bid on every domain i bid on but when he did it was placed at the same time exactly. |
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11-04-2009, 02:54 PM
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| My pre-November 2007 snapnames history is gone too. I have records of my payments, but not the individual auction bidders. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=621078
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11-04-2009, 02:54 PM
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| ...and what a great PR effect this is having on the domain industry in general. This from TechCrunch (take a look at the first paragraph - from the guy who used to run Pool!): Domain Industry Rocked By Shill Auction Bidding Admission I can't wait to read the readers' comments...  |
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