Am I being had?

[Syntheso]

Someone sold me a script, and I asked if they had a domain for it when they were planning on developing. They replied with:

No. But i can get you a nice domain for $100.00. Very very nice domain.

It's about to drop, and they want $100 from me for it. But they won't tell me what the domain is till I pay for it. Personally I think this is completely stupid and I'm not falling for some trick. I can't even get a refund if I don't like it.

Then I asked why I just can't pay them reg fee, then they reg it and tell me what it is. They said:

Because when i sale most of my items no one knows what they are unless there interested, then espcialy if it's a domain, it wont set a trend and it wont give the domain unwanted traffic

Which to me again sounds stupid and makes no sense.

Can someone explain to me what I am missing.

Thanks.

 

[tristanperry]

He seems to just be a scammer. A "nice name" can mean anything at all. Heck, "i9jpjkjc4f.com" could be seen as nice to some (probably not, although it could mean something to someone :P), however without knowing any other details, paying $100 is just stupid.

Just pick a name that you think would suit the site/script, and then use that. Simple enough

It's stupid to say "I have a nice domain - pay me $100 for it please". There's no point or need to do that. Just ignore him, and reg a domain you like.

 

[James]

i'd ignore it, why even bother, yes it could be a good name but theres a 95% chance that your being had, get a domain you like, alot of namepro users are selling domains everyday, just check out the for sale forum.

 

[smashfactory]

i happen to have a "super" nice domain- only $150.00

 

[tristanperry]

i happen to have a "super" nice domain- only $150.00

Really? Cool! I'll trade you it for my "super super" nice domain if you want? My domain is better than yours, so it makes sense (for you) to trade me. Yeah?

 

[Syntheso]

That's what I thought, ta.

 

[ApeXX]

Does it feel like a scam to you? Something smells fishy to me, and I think everyone else can smell it do. Personally, I would walk away and find my own "very nice" domain.

 

[smashfactory]

and heres a scammer now!

actually i was just messing around in my above post- yes it is absurd to ask someone to buy a name before they know what it is-
the only thing i have seen even remotely close is when you buy a drop list- you pay for names but you have no idea what is on it- you are paying for a certain amount of dropping names to choose from-
luck of the draw, i find my own

 

[lzy]

100$ just for him to tell you a name? I wouldn't mind paying if it's 5$ or something thou.