discuss Domain Seller Racism

EmpireNames.com · Mar 29, 2019

Great Story to share

I was chasing one name for long time finally I reached to owner and offered him price on reddit he replied with counter offer then back and forth we agreed on price now he emailed me to call me so I replied no problem and I called from PAKISTAN. he didn't picked up the call I thought maybe he missed call I emailed him I called you but no response he didn't responded I called again he didn't picked up the call I emailed again that we should start escrow now but instead he replied I don't take calls from Pakistan and now I am blocking you
I am like What The????????????????

poweredbyme · Apr 2, 2019

Yes it's racism. But the main reason is lack of good education. Usually racist, religious and discriminative people are ignorant. Don't think developed World is free from ignorant persons.

If someone wants to talk to you to buy/sell something online he/she is racist.
Because
1- Talking is unnecessary. Online shopping doesn't require talking verbally. Everything can be -and has to be- done in written.
2- He/she wants to know your location from your phone number. So he/she will decide not to do business with you based on your location. Even if you live in the same city he/she can discriminate you based on your location, there is no limit.
3- He/she wants to know your race/gender/age from your accent and your skin color if webcam is used. So he/she will discriminate you based on your race, skin color, age, gender, religion, political thoughts, hobbies, likes, dislikes, background and many other things.

Never talk to someone on the phone to sell or buy something online. Because it's completely unnecessary, unless the payment will be made offline, in a face-to-face meeting.

LamsuanlunT · Apr 3, 2019

Well, maybe you might have forgot to mention but I take it that you mentioned to him that you are this person and that you are/were calling regarding the domain purchase via escrow. I understand that some people stereotyped others and in that I don't agree that Pakistanis or Indians are scammers. Well maybe more numbers might have come up from these regions. I myself am an Indian and I have been scammed by my fellow Indians, Americans and some kid (or maybe grown up) from UK in the past for amounts varying from $20 to $250.

Those incidents happened when I am at the buyer's end. And in this case you being the buyer and the transaction was agreed to be done via escrow... I don't find any particular reason for him to back out just because of the buyer's/potential buyer's country of origin.

That said, nothing much can be done when he is the seller and he would not proceed further. I hope you find another way or a better domain. Good day!

barybadrinath · Apr 5, 2019

I absolutely don't support this racism .
It will be better that you approach the seller with the help of local domainer. If that domains means a lot , you may also try buying it through some domain platform.

jideofor · Apr 5, 2019

David Bayode said:
If you haven't been told "Afterall, $200 is big money in your country..", then an unpicked call is a walk in the park.

Did you get someone tell you that? lol

David Bayode · Apr 5, 2019

jideofor said:
Did you get someone tell you that? lol

He wasn't going to buy, just burning my call credits being sarcastic before his racist slurs.

jideofor · Apr 5, 2019

AbdulBasit.com said:
Most probably the buyer seems to be not frequent domain buyer/seller so he doesn't understand the in/out of procedures. So possibly he's thinking by using Escrow.com, still it would be reflected that funds are coming from Pakistan and not U.S. Though I'm not defending the domain seller at all but as @Domains - Wanted said "That's not racism. That's stupidity on his part" which I totally agree.

Also I totally agree with @biggie.

To continue what biggie said, I would like to add something along with it. Honestly speaking, if someone wants to deal with me in Pakistan, I usually try to avoid if I'd to trust and deliver at first (anything) compare to anything dealing with West. I don't consider it racism but I consider calculating the probability of getting scammed from my region compare to West. I know and I feel more comfortable dealing with Western people because in my experience they're more trustworthy and I know of getting scammed in my country. Also I believe that every single Pakistani represents the entire nation and vice versa for every person of other nations. I feel ashamed when I hear that any Pakistani doing any wrongful activity no matter where he currently resides because I believe that person represents the entire nation and ruining everyone's reputation.

As far as my experience over a decade, I've not come across anyone who've openly attacked me on racism or even at the level of what happened with @Riz M. - But I've found many great people from all around the world and seriously I've found very helpful, nicest people more from rest of the world if I compare with my country people.

Most people on this planet are aware of tensions and hatred between people of Pakistan and India but I've always loved Indian people because I've lived with them for 10 years in Dubai and I found them very humble and down to earth people. Even on internet doing business for more than a decade, I've never found any Indian who've attacked me in ANY WAY. They're way loving and appreciating in every way they can for expecting nothing in return... Seriously.

In the end, I judge every individual by their act no matter what religion, cast, region he represents including my family members as well.

Man, I wish I could like your post 1Million times... bro, you rock. It is same idea that runs through me when I am dealing with other namepros members from other nationalities. I always tell myself that I am representing my country and I couldn't imagine adding to her already dented image.

In one time, someone helped me reached out to buyer for a domain I owned... we agreed to I would give him a certain percentage but unfortunately, buyer chose to use afternic for the deal and you know what that means, I lost a good percentage to commissions. Anyway, when the money finally arrived at my end, despite not being enough for me, I made sure I sent him the money I agreed to give him.

There is another who brokered a deal for me, unfortunately he lost more to escrow commissions than he should have had. I still have it at the back of my mind that as soon as things settles, I would send him that money. I do not want to tell him or mention it to him.

We represent a country, not just a community or a clan.

NXDomains · Apr 5, 2019

How unfortunate! You could get around this problem by spending a few dollars on a Skype number for a 1 month subscription which would give you a US/UK/EU phone number caller ID for the purposes of calling people like this. Just an idea..

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