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It happened on 23rd Aug 2022 and this matter lasted almost one month without any process. Masterbucks.com declined my fund withdrawal and disabled the button of fund withdrawal. And I contacted Epik.com and got no further action even if Rob Monster got involved in it for two weeks. All the time I was told in email by management review.

What is wrong with Epik.com? Do you think it is normal to disable fund withdrawal? How can I get back my fund from Epik.com? Thanks for your suggestion.

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Feb 15th? When did Royce turn off the escrow or hasn't he? Has anyone tried to send an escrow payment recently to see if they still pretend to process?


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For other Epik victims, good places to consider filing complaints -

Washington Attorney General -
https://www.atg.wa.gov/file-complaint

Internet Crime Complaint Center (FBI) -
https://www.ic3.gov/Home/ComplaintChoice

ICANN (registration / renewal / transfer issues) -
https://icannportal.force.com/compliance/s/transfer

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Epik has lost even their most ardent fanboys.

This comment says it well. It doesn't really matter what your beliefs are, when Epik starts messing with your money and your digital assets are not safe.

https://domainnamewire.com/2023/01/30/epik-updates-layoffs-and-technical-issues/

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Epik is a registrar in name only at this point. If you can't handle the basics like registrations, renewals, and transfers you should not be ICANN accredited.

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Their big problem is cash problem related to crypto crash. But I wonder whether they are also being attacked by .com/.net registries. Maybe they have to deposit some money in advance, to be able to register domains instantly,
because making a cc payment for each small transaction doesn't make much sense.

Most mistakes are made because of incorrect assumptions, not because of being evil/greedy etc.
If you are given some money which you need to protect, what would you do: I think most people would invest it somewhere for a quick gain, and return the money when requested, and meanwhile make a nice profit without hurting anyone. Banks would do it, and Epik is "Swiss Bank" (as if it is a good thing), but you need to consider the worst case scenario as well, such as what happens if BTC goes to zero tomorrow, can I still meet my short/mid term obligations without much damage.

Also, if something is popular, this doesn't mean it will do well. It can just mean more suckers are invited to the game... Say, gold is getting popular, and everyone buying gold, digital and physical. What do you expect: gold prices to skyrocket, but what happens in reality, someone sees on his screen that people bought gold, and screwing them all while they have no cash left by artificially dropping gold price, can mean big profit, because those suckers would have to liquidate their gold while it is cheap .. Gold may be a bad example, but such things happen. This is not necessarily a supply-demand market.
 
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Their big problem is cash problem related to crypto crash. But I wonder whether they are also being attacked by .com/.net registries. Maybe they have to deposit some money in advance, to be able to register domains instantly,
because making a cc payment for each small transaction doesn't make much sense.

Most mistakes are made because of incorrect assumptions, not because of being evil/greedy etc.
If you are given some money which you need to protect, what would you do: I think most people would invest it somewhere for a quick gain, and return the money when requested, and meanwhile make a nice profit without hurting anyone. Banks would do it, and Epik is "Swiss Bank" (as if it is a good thing), but you need to consider the worst case scenario as well, such as what happens if BTC goes to zero tomorrow, can I still meet my short/mid term obligations without much damage.

Also, if something is popular, this doesn't mean it will do well. It can just mean more suckers are invited to the game... Say, gold is getting popular, and everyone buying gold, digital and physical. What do you expect: gold prices to skyrocket, but what happens in reality, someone sees on his screen that people bought gold, and screwing them all while they have no cash left by artificially dropping gold price, can mean big profit, because those suckers would have to liquidate their gold while it is cheap .. Gold may be a bad example, but such things happen. This is not necessarily a supply-demand market.

well there is stll such thing as gic at banks... even random little one like tangerine is around 5 percent... it's nothing if u have 10k... but a lot if u have 10milon
 
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Their big problem is cash problem related to crypto crash. But I wonder whether they are also being attacked by .com/.net registries. Maybe they have to deposit some money in advance, to be able to register domains instantly,
because making a cc payment for each small transaction doesn't make much sense.

Most mistakes are made because of incorrect assumptions, not because of being evil/greedy etc.
If you are given some money which you need to protect, what would you do: I think most people would invest it somewhere for a quick gain, and return the money when requested, and meanwhile make a nice profit without hurting anyone. Banks would do it, and Epik is "Swiss Bank" (as if it is a good thing), but you need to consider the worst case scenario as well, such as what happens if BTC goes to zero tomorrow, can I still meet my short/mid term obligations without much damage.

Also, if something is popular, this doesn't mean it will do well. It can just mean more suckers are invited to the game... Say, gold is getting popular, and everyone buying gold, digital and physical. What do you expect: gold prices to skyrocket, but what happens in reality, someone sees on his screen that people bought gold, and screwing them all while they have no cash left by artificially dropping gold price, can mean big profit, because those suckers would have to liquidate their gold while it is cheap .. Gold may be a bad example, but such things happen. This is not necessarily a supply-demand market.
That might be a part of the problem, but it is not the fundamental problem.

If a legitimate escrow provider goes under, the escrow funds are protected.

Could you imagine if you wired money to a title company to buy a house, they transferred the title to you, then it turns out they had to pay the seller in worthless currency because they commingled escrow funds?

That is essentially what Epik did to @Kathleen Kalaf and others.

Epik has used their internal currency Masterbucks to scam customers.

That has nothing to do with crypto. It is just straight corporate abuse.

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Their big problem is cash problem related to crypto crash. But I wonder whether they are also being attacked by .com/.net registries. Maybe they have to deposit some money in advance, to be able to register domains instantly,
because making a cc payment for each small transaction doesn't make much sense.
So this is not "attacking" Epik. That is simply how business works.

Epik, like every other registrar, is expected to actually pay for the services and products they use.

You will notice Epik constantly has issues with registrations and renewals when it comes to COM/NET.
This is because this requires actual money to pay. Verisign is not going to accept Masterbucks, IOU, or any other BS forms of payment.

It is the same rules for all the other registrars that have no problem paying their bills.

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Most mistakes are made because of incorrect assumptions, not because of being evil/greedy etc.
I am sorry but when things go south due to your own actions, and you disappear like @Rob Monster, instead of taking accountability...that kind of answers that question.

When Epik continues to operate and scam even more customers under CEO Brian Royce, with no care for the suffering caused by their actions...

Customers are left dealing with the fallout when it comes to financial issues, health issues, etc.

I see that as both evil & greedy.

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You will notice Epik constantly has issues with registrations and renewals when it comes to COM/NET.

And this issue has been going on for what? Months now?

Bar the fact they're not paying out their creditors, they're failing at the number one thing you'd reasonably expect your registrar to handle with utmost care and precision.

They're dragging... I don't see a way out for them.

I've seen a lot of companies trying to stall things, drag things along when they knew a bankruptcy was inevitable. All the warnings signs are there. It's only a matter of time.
 
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I think Epik is awaiting for acquisition by Godaddy
 
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And please don't fall for their domain investors club or whatever it's called. It's a calculated play, trying to keep as many as possible domains within the Epik ecosysteem, it's been their MO for years.
 
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I think Epik is awaiting for acquisition by Godaddy
I highly doubt GoDaddy would want anything to do with Epik.

If Epik is known for anything it is mainly the negative stuff like some of their hosting clients, massive data breach, now being a financial clusterfuck.

Epik has more debts than assets, otherwise they would actually be able to pay their debts.
So then, what does Epik really have of value?

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I think Epik is awaiting for acquisition by Godaddy
You have to think the other way around. Think like Epik. Epik has already stated that it wants to become a competitor to PayPal. Why couldn't they take GoDaddy private? Think Really big, my friend.
 
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You have to think the other way around. Think like Epik. Epik has already stated that it wants to become a competitor to PayPal. Why couldn't they take GoDaddy private? Think Really big, my friend.
I mean if they are going to compete against Paypal ($82B market cap) clearly Epik could buy out GoDaddy with only a paltry $11B market cap.

They might have to pay a premium though to take it private. Let's say $15B, payment in Masterbucks of course.
:ROFL:

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You have to think the other way around. Think like Epik. Epik has already stated that it wants to become a competitor to PayPal. Why couldn't they take GoDaddy private? Think Really big, my friend.
Actually there's no competitor to PayPal on the Internet .
 
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Actually there's no competitor to PayPal on the Internet .
Brian M. Royce really believes that his Masterbucks will become a formidable opponent of PayPal. Maybe he should read this thread to land back on Earth.
 
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In any case, Rob and Brian will take a prominent place in domaining among thieves like Bonnie and Clyde or Fille and Rulle.

 
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Why write about tokens?
These are regular dollars.
Why, in the case of a bank SVB, do they not speak of SVB tokens?
 
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Why write about tokens?
These are regular dollars.
Why, in the case of a bank SVB, do they not speak of SVB tokens?

True.

$1 in Masterbucks is supposed to equal 1 USD, which can be withdrawn at any time.

They are not tokens which are supposed to fluctuate in value.

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I am wondering why Epik's official Twitter account (https://twitter.com/EpikDotCom) has not tweeted since @Rob Monster was replaced as CEO.

The last tweet was announcing Rob's departure on 9/2/2022.

It is possible Brian Royce doesn't even have access to this account, especially if Rob was forced out.

Epik also has another account (https://twitter.com/BeEpik) with only 51 Twitter followers, with the most recent tweet from 11/20/2022.

Brian Royce seems like quite the expert with social media and customer engagement. :ROFL:

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Brian Royce seems like quite the expert with social media and customer engagement. :ROFL:
He just doesn't want to dilute the tweets about the Musk with all sorts of domain nonsense.
 
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