poll What was your take on the Offthehandle/KateBuckley situation

Thanks for sharing.

I am in favor of removing parasites to clean the water.

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TERADOMAIN said:

Thanks for sharing.

I am in favor of removing parasites to clean the water.

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Thanks for replying.

When u start accomplishing in this industry, people may try drag you down, minimize and even question your accomplishments.

@Kate Buckley fan since Rate.com 725K sale; when they said “Should’ve sold for more” Lol

My reply to her critics: Give me a break!!
That’s when I knew it was personal.!!

Keep accomplishing, Kate!!

Samer

I have little doubt that NP mgmt will either work with the op to clean up the post and thread, or directly delete content found to be in violation of the rules.

Silentptnr said:

I have little doubt that NP mgmt will either work with the op to clean up the post and thread, or directly delete content found to be in violation of the rules.

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Why do you think that? I know nothing but I would bet that post was most likely reported (my belief not fact) and nothing happened.

equity78 said:

I would bet that post was most likely reported (my belief not fact) and nothing happened.

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I'd share the same opinion; but why would anything happen?!

NP has statement beneath each opening post "The views expressed on this page by users and staff are their own, not those of NamePros.", it is probably somewhere in EULA that we accepted and signed for forum.

Content of that thread is not criminal or illegal or something like that; it is just libelous and malicious, otherwise it would be ridiculous, and it actually speaks about its author, not about Kate Buckley - I am surprised that she bothered to reply at all, the guy can keep enjoying his opinion, she can keep selling the domains, as simple as that.

This way, she just gave him attention, which is obviously more negative than positive, but negative attention is still attention anyway - without that open reply, a dozen of people would know about that guy; now, a thousand people speak and annoy over him, while he probably sits back and enjoys reading all that eruption of feedback.

Just my opinion... I think a lot of people overreacted. Including Kate by playing the 'women card'. Uncalled for. Unfounded. It's just adding to the drama, something the industry definitely doesn't need.

Who cares if someone you don't have anything to do with questions your sales? I think she should have been the bigger person here but at the same time I can understand she wanted to address it straight up.

She's a highly respected entrepreneur, lots of great insights. I could recommend anyone to follow her current and past work. It's inspiring. I actually think female brokers do a better job in general as they have a better understanding of what it takes to connect with people.

Anyways... I finished my popcorn, it was a great show. Imo.

equity78 said:

Why do you think that? I know nothing but I would bet that post was most likely reported (my belief not fact) and nothing happened.

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I believe that because I have seen mgmt move, edit, and remove posts.

Trial? Bring the other side into .... and make sure that both sides deliver - proof. IREG side, not the broker side. Regards

NameDeck said:

Just my opinion... I think a lot of people overreacted. Including Kate by playing the 'women card'. Uncalled for. Unfounded. It's just adding to the drama, something the industry definitely doesn't need.

Who cares if someone you don't have anything to do with questions your sales? I think she should have been the bigger person here but at the same time I can understand she wanted to address it straight up.

She's a highly respected entrepreneur, lots of great insights. I could recommend anyone to follow her current and past work. It's inspiring. I actually think female brokers do a better job in general as they have a better understanding of what it takes to connect with people.

Anyways... I finished my popcorn, it was a great show. Imo.

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First of all it's not called the 'woman card'. She was stating the facts as she has every right to. I commend Kate for what she said.

On the bright side, think ppl’ll think twice, before questioning Kate’s integrity and credibility again

(always) try to get good, out of bad situation!!

Samer

mistressbellek said:

First of all it's not called the 'woman card'. She was stating the facts as she has every right to. I commend Kate for what she said.

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Gender card then? I don't know what they call it in the US but you get the point. I'm not a native English speaker so let's not argue semantics.

Fact is, she opted the OP may have it in for her because she's a strong, successful woman. There's nothing in OPs post even remotely suggesting that is part of his reason.

People shouldn't play that card when it's uncalled for as it can grow old and tiresome very fast. Better to save that for situations where it actually applies.

If you read my post carefully you can see I appreciate Kate's letter. I just don't agree with everything she said. I was asked for my opinion, there you have it.

it's interesting to me how many are electing not to vote 293 views only 13 votes it's an anonymous vote.

@equity78 you pose a great question, He totally has the right to be skeptic about the sales given the publication he posted in reference/context.

Was the cadence he used correct, probably not. To be honest, We've had Telsa, WeWork, Even Bridgewater you can't trust anything no matter what pedestal you put anyone on. Everybody in "investing" needs to start with skepticism - so embrace it.

Healthy skepticism is not bad, it may of come across as a personal attack to kate, sure she took it that way. I doubt it was to be honest. He seemed more pissed of with the purchaser

Many people tried to used the hater/troll card with Tesla until the reality came to fruition.

The "women" card is poor judgement from kate, even going down that road. Great sale for Kate she has every right to say nothing or explain. It's her choice. End of the day a sale is a sale the numbers that look back at you on a bank account are still the same. No extra points are scored for who purchases the name. The game is money not status

Is offthehandle a hater or a envious of kate = Slim pickings

equity78 said:

it's interesting to me how many are electing not to vote 293 views only 13 votes it's an anonymous vote.

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I almost missed the poll. I posted a reply first, then as an afterthought noticed the poll.

Sometimes I put (Poll) in the title of the thread.

If people are seeing replies, like i did, clicking takes you right to that comment. Not to the beginning of the thread.

Silentptnr said:

I almost missed the poll. I posted a reply first, then as an afterthought noticed the poll.

Sometimes I put (Poll) in the title of the thread.

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but putting polls might decrease thread replies. More votes, less replies

weigh ur opportunity cost

Samer

equity78 said:

it's interesting to me how many are electing not to vote 293 views only 13 votes it's an anonymous vote.

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For context @equity78 Your poll is hard to vote on, as it's biased in favor of Kate. His post is clearly not "perfectly fine" but he's not out of line to be skeptic given the information supplied

Was he totally out of line for calling it Fake. Yes. That's where moderation comes in

Classic case of six of one, half a dozen of the other

MSN-Domains said:

poll is hard to vote on, as it's biased in favor of Kate. His post is clearly not "perfectly fine" but he's not out of line to be skeptic given the information supplied

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I agree.

MSN-Domains said:

For context @equity78 Your poll is hard to vote on, as it's biased in favor of Kate. His post is clearly not "perfectly fine" but he's not out of line to be skeptic given the information supplied

Was he totally out of line for calling it Fake. Yes. That's where moderation comes in

Classic case of six of one, half a dozen of the other

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I should have worded that differently, I agree should have posted The member was within their right or something along those lines, because I am sure that thread was reported and no mod edited it or deleted it.

NameDeck said:

Gender card then? I don't know what they call it in the US but you get the point. I'm not a native English speaker so let's not argue semantics.

Fact is, she opted the OP may have it in for her because she's a strong, successful woman. There's nothing in OPs post even remotely suggesting that is part of his reason.

People shouldn't play that card when it's uncalled for as it can grow old and tiresome very fast. Better to save that for situations where it actually applies.

If you read my post carefully you can see I appreciate Kate's letter. I just don't agree with everything she said. I was asked for my opinion, there you have it.

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Uncalled for? What is old and tiresome is someone hiding behind an anonymous profile while questioning a reputable domainer such as Kate.

mistressbellek said:

Uncalled for? What is old and tiresome is someone hiding behind an anonymous profile while questioning a reputable domainer such as Kate.

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I agree with you on that. Not gonna go into the anonymous thing as there are good reasons for that. Just as there are good reasons for people to use their real name. It's all in the game. Always has been since the dawn of the web.

Just because he's attacking Kate doesn't mean she can use unfounded claims to hit back.

Just because she's reputable doesn't mean you cannot question her wording.

To be honest, making those claims could be looked upon to be just as slanderous and OPs post.

I know as soon as you start criticizing the establishment people push back but I don't follow anybody blindly no matter how much I like or support them. Those claims are BS just as much as OP's claims are questionable to say at least.

I'm surprised hardly anybody even cares to be honest and the general consensus is that it is ok to strike back no matter what accusations are made towards the OP.

Sad.

This title - NDA Keeps A FAKE Multi-Million $ Sale of Chocolate.com from being exposed

Obviously wrong. If you're going to post something like that, you should be willing to back it up with some facts.

As far as "Could it be because I’m a woman?"

I don't actually think it's that at all, based on past interaction/posts, it's more he's a conspiracy theorist type. Doesn't really trust much of what's posted, questions everything. I know he's a Birther, even after Obama's birth certificate is literally posted online, still doesn't believe it. You'll see in this post - https://www.namepros.com/threads/conspiracy-thread-free-for-all.1152476/#post-7381823

It's a bunch of links to threads questioning other sales, shill bidding (which is a real thing that happens) and so on.

So don't believe it's because you're a woman, more he distrusts a lot of what's posted in regards to sales and such. He was in the wrong. You have every right to be mad about it.

equity78 said:

it's interesting to me how many are electing not to vote 293 views only 13 votes it's an anonymous vote.

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Maybe others find the poll "close ended" and prefer it to be "multi-choice" with something like "other - please specify" option

https://neilpatel.com/blog/survey-questions-that-work/

"Could it be because I’m a woman? As any successful woman in business can tell you, there is a certain ilk of man who is at best intimidated and at worst caustic toward women who’ve achieved any measure of success. Or, could it be because he hasn’t achieved any measure of success of his own?"

This argument is a bit strange and weak.
Nobody cares what gender you are in this business.
Only the domain-name counts.