terrible mistake to base a brand-name solely around the availability of its domain. there's nothing wrong with buying an existing name off a domainer (after all isn't the opposite what we're trying to do here).
i know we were trying to be funny, but this reminded me of much of the posts i see elsewhere lol
Although I do have to tell you that most startups that I hear pitched have picked names for their businesses that were NOT already registered because they didn't want a sizable chunk of their operating cash flow to be devoted to purchasing a domain name.