But that is just your personal opinion. Unfortunately, for you, the real world doesn't work like that. That guy is perfectly entitled to do whatever he wants to do with HIS domains. You also ruffled quite a few feathers here by calling us squatters. It's not surprising there appear to be a lot of angry posts from you (and I haven't got to the end of the thread yet), because some of the members have pushed back, seriously or humorously.
I'm pretty sure that I've encountered this guy too from the lack of responses you are complaining about here. After the second email. I usually give up and look for another domain. Which would be my advice to you.
There are millions upon millions of other domains you could buy apart from this one. And even more, unregistered. Pray tell, why is it you MUST have THIS particular domain. You might even be able to register a similar domain with a smart index or suffix. We don't know the domain. But the prefix THE and the suffix CO comes to mind. But of course it depends on the domain. Maybe the .NET or .CO are available to register. I don't see why you have been bearing this grudge for 5 years (If I understood you correctly). It's about time you move on with your life, and get an alternative domain. Good SEO will still probably take you to the top of the search rankings. I think that would be a much better use of your time, with another domain.
Maybe your $2000 offer is way to low for him to be interested. If it was me, I wouldn't get excited about a $2K offer on some of my domains. It's small potatoes in today's world. We don't know the domain, so we cannot advise you. Maybe if you offered $50,000 (take your pick on the price). You might get a response. But I would use a completely different email address than the one you have been using with a different name also.
Maybe the guy is waiting for one of the big fish, like GoDaddy to buy his complete portfolio for millions of dollars. Perhaps he is reclusive BECAUSE he has had UDRP cases in the past. We can only speculate, why he hasn't responded.
Firstly, who exactly did I call a squatter?
I'll tell you: I've only been talking about one person in this thread and he has been sued for it and the subject of more than one UDRP, and given he lost more than one of those cases, I think you need to realize he was, in fact, a squatter.
Secondly, I think the reason you (and several others) got their knickers in a twist becuase you read the thread title and went off the hadle.
Well guess what?
I DIDN'T CREAT THIS THREAD OR IT'S TITLE.
I stumbled across this thread (and many others regarding this same person) while searching for a way to get in contact with him.
instead, you read the thread title, and started mashing you keys, suggesting that I blanket called everyone squatters. I didn't, I called this guy a squatter becuase that's exactly what he is.
So please don't post utter BS like I "ruffled feathers by calling you squatters", because I didn't.
This guy is also sitting on 1500+ domains and never responds to anyone, but you'd know that if you actually read the thread.
I agree that it's probably futile as I've offered substantially more than $2k and it's clear (including talking to and seeing people's reaction in this thread) that some people can't be logically reasoned with so there's not much point.
The reason I wanted this name in particular is that A) it's adjacent to both my current companies in name and B) nothing is being done with it and C) why not try to buy a domain that someone isn't using and hasn;t ever had a site associated with it or even been used as a holding page.
My post (not my thread remember) was really a last ditch effort to see if anyone of the previous complainers over the years in this thread managed to get in touch with him, and if so, could they help.
Instead, I got a bunch of people flying off the handle for no good reason other than they have poor reading and comprehension skills.
I even had one guy suggest I had set my lawyers on him for refusing to sell me the website but I had to "enlighten" him that we made an official approach via a lawfirm to let him know we were serious.
