Deceptive Domains on Ebay

[dgridley]

There are plenty of deceptive domain auctions on ebay. Here's a joker with a "poker.com" auction:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11153&item=5739697121&rd=1

Same person also has "bet.com", "target.com", and (gutsy!) "ebay.com" knockoffs!

 

[domain.addict]

Link doesn't work for me. But there are many scammers. I once saw an auction for mario.com. Everywhere it said mario.com except in one spot in the description where he put www-mario.com. That might fool someone who thinks he's getting the dream domain.

 

[equity78]

Its a joke Ebay needs to stop these clowns

 

[mole]

LOL, its so deceptive I get an error message.

 

[dgridley]

Hehe, my fault.. I edited the link. Try it again!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11153&item=5739697121&rd=1

LOL, its so deceptive I get an error message.

 

[inflames]

yeah these ppl call themseleves domainers
they have some nerve . they should be lined up and shot

 

[domain.addict]

It's not poker.com and bet.com. It's Pokèr.com and bèt.com. All of his name have the accent marks. So maybe he's not like a scammer?

 

[dgridley]

IMO that auction is still designed to deceive a potential buyer...

"VERY RARE HIGH LEVEL Domain Name with a .com extension
This domain name is truly worth millions!"

It's not poker.com and bet.com. It's Pokèr.com and bèt.com. All of his name have the accent marks. So maybe he's not like a scammer?

 

[domain.addict]

IMO that auction is still designed to deceive a potential buyer...

"VERY RARE HIGH LEVEL Domain Name with a .com extension
This domain name is truly worth millions!"

Oh I totally agree. Like my example for mario.com. But, what can you do. Although I do not agree with their actions as theyre attempting to deceive, the correct information is still there. They did write out the correct domains. I don't think ebay could so anything about that. It would be the buyers fault if they missed out on the accent marks.

 

[mole]

These IDN names are destinied for manipulation. When the buyer finds out thinking he got the normal character name, all hell will break lose. However, as a rule of thumb, you will, at the very least, type in the name to see whats up on the other side, do an archive.org check, study the accumulated whois records at whois.sc, then decide.

I think the sellers are trying to create "grab it now" excitement and rush the process for a quick kill.

 

[dgridley]

The problem is, you reach more "end users" at ebay who aren't domain saavy..these are the guys being targeted and taken advantage of.

These IDN names are destinied for manipulation. When the buyer finds out thinking he got the normal character name, all hell will break lose. However, as a rule of thumb, you will, at the very least, type in the name to see whats up on the other side, do an archive.org check, study the accumulated whois records at whois.sc, then decide.

I think the sellers are trying to create "grab it now" excitement and rush the process for a quick kill.

 

[Dillpup]

Take a look at this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11153&item=5739184558&rd=1

Just stupid people preying on *really* stupid people...This one's especially odd because at $1025.00 currently...the reserve isn't met!! Not sure who's stupider! They would be lucky to get thier $8 back for it.There are tons of IDN "sex" combinations still available..šềx.com, şệx.com,sęx.com to name a few..none of which actually mean "sex" in any language.Same for pokér.com.
They are completely missing the point of IDN's..

 

[dgridley]

"This Name generates over 300.000.000 Pages on google.com

Type in sèx and sex and you will see the high quality of this gigant Domain name.

Google and all other search engines found nearly exactly the same for sex and sèx."
Gee, when I tried typing in sèx, I got 710 results.. a far cry from 300,000,000!

Take a look at this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11153&item=5739184558&rd=1

Just stupid people preying on *really* stupid people...This one's especially odd because at $1025.00 currently...the reserve isn't met!! Not sure who's stupider! They would be lucky to get thier $8 back for it.There are tons of IDN "sex" combinations still available..šềx.com, şệx.com,sęx.com to name a few..none of which actually mean "sex" in any language.Same for pokér.com.
They are completely missing the point of IDN's..

 

[domain.addict]

Lol I'd think the buyer was more ignorant but the seller, dumber. I wonder how much he wants for it. Yeah I agree that they're missing the point of IDNs, but I guess they're making money off of it.

 

[CrazyTech]

Same as much of the hosting industry. These are just individuals and companies playing on the ignorance of others. Ethically, there is certainly a problem but legally there isn't much to work with.

 

[dgridley]

"The starting price for this domain is set to cover only our acquistion cost and ebay auction fees."

Hm, and the starting bid was $129?! Where are they buying their domains? Fort Knox?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11153&item=5739996860&rd=1

 

[dgridley]

"This auction is for the OWNERSHIP of the domain name:

WWW. SPRINTCUSTOMERSERVICE.COM

BELIVE IT YOU ARE GOING TO OWN UNBELIVABLE DOMANIN NAME.SPRINT WILL PAY MILIONS OF DOLLAR YOU CAN OWN IT FOR BID IT PRISE NO RESERVE GOOD LUCK "

A steal of a deal at only $99 million Buy It Now! (Let me get my check book!)

This guys starting bid was $125,000.. how much was his insertion fee??

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11153&item=5739874715&rd=1

And the same guy offering microsoftwindows.cc:

This auction is for the OWNERSHIP of the domain name:
www.MICROSOFTWINDOWS.CC

BELIEVE IT YOU ARE GOING TO OWN UNBELIEVABLE DOMANIN NAME. In November alone there is more then 1 million search for MICROSOFT WINDOWS you can sell software and make millions of dollars.

 

[CrazyTech]

Should drop some emails to Sprint and Microsoft.

Odds are there you have some uninformed domainer IMHO. Probably a 15 year old kid using his dad's account that thinks he's found a virtual gold mine.

The Laci.org auction bothers me - I guess some people don't mind making money off of tragedy. I half-way expect to see a tsunami and indian ocean related domain at the rate we're going up for sale soon.

I also see it alot with religion - especially Christianity. People jack up the domains on ebay and in the forums. I asked for a domain recently and realized that was a mistake. I'd get a crappy domain asking for $xxxx to $xxxxx.

Ebay Auctions...
isold4u.com - $50k
gonetscape.com - $325k
web-chick.com and web-chicks.com - $700k ea.
Nasdaq.sc - $1 mil (bidding@ $10)

 

[dgridley]

Your fears have been realized:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11153&item=5740700917&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11153&item=5740605854&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

And tribute sites are one thing, but profiting off someone else's grief in that respect is not cool.

The Laci.org auction bothers me - I guess some people don't mind making money off of tragedy. I half-way expect to see a tsunami and indian ocean related domain at the rate we're going up for sale soon.

 

[Grrilla]

The domain name category at eBay is becoming a real thieves market.
I wouldn't doubt it if eBay modified or totally got out of domain names, but, alas, eBay may be the biggest thief of all.