Yes, plenty of people here buy and sell on Flippa and are successful.
2005-2009? Do you know what year it is? It's 2016. This is a sales thread. You never provide anything that something sketchy might be going on at Snapnames, it's why you always have to go back in time. We've went over this many times, you know this.
You also have no experience with any of these marketplaces since you're not really in the business and you don't participate at GD, NJ, Snap, Flippa etc. If you did, you might have some sort of clue how they operate, today.
I'm surprised you're in charge of information disseminated in a forum. But times are tough, wartime help, etc. I'll address some specifics about your post:
1) You state,
"plenty of people here buy and sell on Flippa and are successful." That statement means absolutely nothing in the context of whether or not Flippa employees bid at those auctions. What is "successful?" Buying a domain at auction where auction-platform employee(s) drove up the price? Is that successful? Is merely winning the domain at auction successful, no matter what shenanigans occurred behind the scenes unbeknownst to the successful bidder? Why do you insult our intelligence out here by making such a statement?
2) Yes, it's 2016. Let's forgive all unpunished fraud after 7 years. Is that what you proffer here? Again, you appear to be assuming we're better off forgetting history, and tip-toeing through the tulips as if nothing happened between 2005 and 2009 .... Lah-tee-dah, lah-tee-dah.
3) You stated,
"We've been over this many times, you know this." In case you hadn't noticed, or bothered to read the entire thread here, Howie Crosby asked me a question, and I gave him an honest answer. Obviously, you and I have been over this ad nauseam, but others here apparently aren't that familiar with documented history. Otherwise, Howie Crosby wouldn't have asked, "Why does all this wind you up David Corish?" If you prefer we don't answer questions from other posters, just say so.
4) You state,
"You also have no experience with any of these marketplaces since you're not really in the business and you don't participate at GD, NJ, Snap, Flippa etc." Based on the documented history of auction fraud in the industry, and auction platform policies allowing employees to bid against outside bidders
without informing the outside bidders, it appears my judgement to abstain from participation in these auctions is grounded in sound logic and common sense. How sad you hold that against your members.