Just Bought UBER.com

I guess the "seller" must have been dropped on their head from a great height as a child.

That was a pricey risk you took there. A little bit of common sense goes a long way.

lampninjaman said:

That was a pricey risk you took there. A little bit of common sense goes a long way.

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Well for around 20 minutes before I decided to pay for the domain the website Uber.com wasn't loading for me, the whois said it would expire on 2020 but still I thought if such a famous site isn't loading there might be a chance I'd get it. That's why I decided to act on it.

tinydomainmonster said:

Well for around 20 minutes before I decided to pay for the domain the website Uber.com wasn't loading for me, the whois said it would expire on 2020 but still I thought if such a famous site isn't loading there might be a chance I'd get it. That's why I decided to act on it.

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Did you try responding and making a higher offer? Maybe 300?

ROFL

Next time purchase Facebook.com and Google.com. So lucky you're

wow you're rich man

AEProgram said:

Did you try responding and making a higher offer? Maybe 300?

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No it was listed at $200 buy now price at Afternic.

I recently Google-searched for Insurance.sa.com before listing it on auction here on Namepros (part of the NP rules is to remove it from other platforms in order to avoid unnecessary sale duplications), only to find that Afternic had it for sale, with the entire checkout process unhindered.

I emailed them to request it's removal, as the previous owner may not have updated his domain listings with them, so mistakes do happen in a case like Afternic because the listings are predominantly managed by the domain owners.

In your case, it could be that one of the previous owners of the Uber.com domain had it listed on Afternic sometime in the past, as Uber themselves would not likely have it listed there? On the other hand, if your purchase was made on GoDaddy or another expired-domain platform, then perhaps you'd have had a chance at the possibility ... never the less, this is what dreams are made of :D

tinydomainmonster said:

Hi everyone,

I just bought the domain name UBER.com at Afternic.com for $200 buy now price and my credit card was charged.

The seller approved the sale almost instantly and the status changed to Escrow/Transfer.

What do you think happens now?

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I think now you get called a troll

AEProgram said:

Trademark, drop asap!

seriously thou, someone the other day purchased hi.com for 20 bucks on some other platform.

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HOLLY COW!! are u serious?? Hi.com was bought for $20?

Well last fall some guy bought Google.com for $12 on Google Domains.
(Don't want to get in trouble for posting a link but just google "Guy Buys Google.com for $12")

If something is too good to be true it Almost always is.

Brandingtheweb.com said:

If something is too good to be true it Almost always is.

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Yes, EX.com was for sale for $799 on Sedo on Wednesday. I let somebody else buy it.

tinydomainmonster said:

Hi everyone,

I just bought the domain name UBER.com at Afternic.com for $200 buy now price and my credit card was charged.

The seller approved the sale almost instantly and the status changed to Escrow/Transfer.

What do you think happens now?

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Happy to hear...
its like dare to dream...
You know its UBER, and still you dare to buy...?

happy that you had get refund as per earliest.....


"Its like, i had purchased 4l.com CHIP @ 200$ , months ago, on DomainAgents.com BIN
and the seller never responded...
At last, Its a totally waste of time..."

dname said:

That would be a sale of the month

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I Believe sale of the Century or even Millenium

Looks like a lot is wrong..I see QWERTY.COM listed at afternic(on ExpiredDomains.net) for $400.Though the page shows error

I hope not long before Google and microsoft come up for sale

tinydomainmonster said:

Hi everyone,

I just bought the domain name UBER.com at Afternic.com for $200 buy now price and my credit card was charged.

The seller approved the sale almost instantly and the status changed to Escrow/Transfer.

What do you think happens now?

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You enjoy your idn

Did you buy UberX or UberRush?

tinydomainmonster said:

Haha, it was a fun ride while it lasted

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An interesting one. More like a gamble

I could have purchased trump.com for 20 cents .........wasn't worth it

Sarik_Sid said:

Looks like a lot is wrong..I see QWERTY.COM listed at afternic(on ExpiredDomains.net) for $400.Though the page shows error

I hope not long before Google and microsoft come up for sale

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That's what happens after someone buys the domain at afternic, the page shows an error. Was the case for me with uber.com right after I bought it.

HireDomains said:

I could have purchased trump.com for 20 cents .........wasn't worth it

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Trump in UK English means to fart!

I found out a 4 L I have is for sale on Afternic for $200. I let another company contact themto remove.

Why take a risk when you know the result? I have trouble understanding OPs reasons.

AEProgram said:

Trademark, drop asap!

seriously thou, someone the other day purchased hi.com for 20 bucks on some other platform.

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I would love to know where to do better searches and regg'es.. Nice