eBay - 2 Million Dollar Mystery 3 Letter Domain Name Auction

[qO_Op]

What do you think about this eBay Auction that I just found?

FIRST THINGS FIRST PLEASE READ THE WHOLE AD BEFORE BIDDING, I ASK FOR SERIOUS BIDDERS ONLY; IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO PAY THEN DON’T BID BECAUSE WHEN YOU BID YOU ARE ENTERING INTO A LEGAL BINDING CONTRACT.

Feel free to contact me with any question’s you may have anytime, and I will get back with you as soon as possible.

BECOME A PART OF EBAY / DOMAIN NAME HISTORY WITH THE WORLD'S FIRST $2,000,000 MYSTERY DOMAIN AUCTION!!!

WHY A MYSTERY DOMAIN AUCTION?

THE #1 REASON, IT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. (BUT MANY WILL TRY AFTER THIS ONE)

MYSTERY AUCTIONS CAN BE FUN AND EXCITING!!!

MYSTERY DOMAIN AUCTION (M.D.A.) BECAUSE DOMAINS ARE THE NEW PREMIUM REAL ESTATE. HAVING A GREAT DOMAIN IS JUST LIKE HAVING A REAL ESTATE IN THE BUSIEST PART OF TOWN.

YOU COULD OPEN YOUR NEW BUSINESS.

YOU COULD USE THE REAL ESTATE TO EXPAND A BUSINESS.

ARE YOU COULD JUST KEEP IT UNTIL ALL THE LAND IS GONE THEN SELL IT.

ARE YOU COULD DEVELOP THE LAND AND THEN SELL.


ANYWAY YOU GET THE PICTURE.

BUT IF YOUR STILL NOT SURE ABOUT THE VALUE OF DOMAIN NAMES CHECK THESE SITES OUT.

DN JOURNAL
USA TODAY
THE WHIR
MSNBC
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

NOW THIS DOMAIN ALREADY HAS A HIGH MARKET VALUE BUT IT WILL SKYROCKET AFTER THIS AUCTION NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

BECAUSE AGAIN THIS IS THE FIRST AUCTION OF IT'S KIND ON EBAY THE WORLD LARGEST ONLINE AUCTION.

AND WHEN PEOPLE HERE ABOUT YOU BUYING A DOMAIN NAME WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT IT IS THE WORLD WILL TUNE IN AND REMEMBER THE DOMAIN NAME FOREVER.

AND TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE WORLD TUNING IN WE HAVE PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE FOR THIS AUCTION.
(THIS MAY BE THE FIRST TIME THAT A PRESS RELEASE HAS GONE OUT BEFORE ANYTHING IS SOLD)


THE WINNER OF THIS DOMAIN WILL BE THE HAPPIEST EBAY WINNER EVER!

NOW FOR THE DOMAIN NAME.

I HAVE A FEW THINGS I WELL TELL YOU ABOUT YOUR NEW DOMAIN

1. IT'S A VERY RARE AND SOUGHT AFTER TYPE OF DOMAIN NAME. A 3 LETTER DOMAIN NAME. GUARANTEED TO BE ALL LETTERS ARE YOUR MONEY BACK AND YOU KEEP THE DOMAIN.

LETTERS ONLY (THE ONLY NON LETTER YOU WILL SEE IS THE DOT)

2. IT HAS A VOWEL IN IT. (A, E, I, O, U)

3. AND MOST IMPORTANT WHEN GETTING A DOMAIN. CAN IT BE PRONOUNCED?
YES IT CAN AND PRONOUNCED AS A WORD (like saying RED dot whatever), NOT AS LETTERS.(ATW dot whatever)

TO TEST THIS I HAD MY 10 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND 8 YEAR OLD SON READ THE DOMAIN NAME, AND THEY BOTH HAD NO PROBLEM AT ALL!!!!

4. LAST THING IT'S GUARANTEED TO BE ONE OF THESE, .INFO, .NAME, .BIZ, .ORG, .NET, ARE YES .COM.

(COME ON IT'S A MYSTERY AUCTION I CAN'T TELL YOU WHICH ONE, BUT I BELIEVE YOU WILL BE VERY HAPPY!)

(AND IF YOU KNOW LIKE I KNOW FINDING A 3 LETTER DOMAIN THAT HAS A VOWEL AND CAN BE SAID AS A WORD IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE!) I THINK IT IS A THIS POINT.

ONE LAST THING

THERE IS BONUS CASH FOR SOME THAT BID AND DO NOT WIN.

BUT PLEASE BID TO WIN BECAUSE IT WOULD DO YOU MORE GOOD TO HAVE THE M.D.A.

THE FIRST PERSON TO BID

$25 gets $5.00

$50 gets $10.00

$75 gets $15.00

$100 gets $25.00

$200 gets $50.00

$500 gets $80.00

$1,000 gets $100.00

$2,000 gets $200.00

$4,000 gets $400.00

$6,000 gets $600.00

$10,000 gets $1,000.00

$20,000 gets $2,100.00

$30,000 gets $3,100.00

$40,000 gets $4,100.00

$50,000 gets $5,100.00

$60,000 gets $6,100.00

$80,000 gets $8,100.00

$100,000 gets $10,200.00

$175,000 gets $17,200.00

$300,000 gets $30,200.00

$500,000 gets $50,200.00

$600,000 gets $60,200.00

$700,000 gets $70,200.00

$800,000 gets $80,200.00

$1,000,000 gets $100,500.00

ALL BONUSES ARE GUARANTEED TO BE PAID!
WHEN THE WINNING BIDDER HAS PAID IN FULL!

AND IF THE MARKERS ABOVE ARE SURPASSED THEN NEW ONE’S WILL BE ADDED!

STAYING WITH IN THE RULES OF EBAY, YOU’RE NOT BIDDING ON ANY RAFFLES, LOTTERIES, YOU’RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG OR ILLEGAL!!

YOU ARE BIDDING ON A DOMAIN NAME. THAT I OWN AND HAVE AT GO DADDY. THE DOMAIN WILL BE PUSH TO YOUR ACCOUNT ONCE THE PAYMENT IS MADE.

LAST THINGS LAST PLEASE READ THE WHOLE AD BEFORE BIDDING I ASK FOR SERIOUS BIDDERS ONLY; IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO PAY THEN DON’T BID BECAUSE WHEN YOU BID YOU ARE ENTERING INTO A LEGAL BINDING CONTRACT.

GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN! THANK YOU AND HAPPY BIDDING!

On Jun-08-06 at 04:55:41 PDT, seller added the following information:

THE PRESS RELEASE THAT HAS GET OVER 4,500 HIT AND IT JUST HIT THE SITE AT 12:00AM. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/6/prweb396150.htm

On Jun-08-06 at 16:38:00 PDT, seller added the following information:

There has been well over 27,000 hits on the press release. WOW! This is going to be bigger then I first thought it would. The winner may end up on LENO!

 

[Camron]

The same seller is selling AB1C.com, net, biz and stuff like that, and he talks rubbish on that auction aswell....

The bull that he talks makes him money... and why would anyone bid $1,000,000 for $100,500 back???

He says that his children could read them alright... but he obviously has no grammar capabilities when he keeps using 'ARE' as a replacement for the word 'OR' all the way through.

Idiot!

Yes, even I got confused reading that. If ebay allows grilled cheese sandwiches, I am sure they allow this stuff :hehe:

 

[Gandhi]

is it a possibillity of being car.com?, or sex.com?

 

[blue^ray]

is it a possibillity of being car.com?, or sex.com?

I would say NO because if it was something do good he would advertise it and get alot more than what he is asking.

Its probbaly some shit name with a vowel in it.

 

[deleted984054565403]

Bad grammar?
You're a scammer.

 

[tipsfromthetop]

People like this give domaining a bad name.. Ebay should stop pulling legitimate domain auctions and send the feds around for a good men in black bashing on auctions like this.

 

[gingeman]

O.K. own up! As if one wasn't bad enough- there's a copycat! :yell:

 

[AGS]

O.K. own up! As if one wasn't bad enough- there's a copycat! :yell:

Jesus Christ what is it with these idiots on ebay???

I am amazed how bad ebay is, it's depressing.

 

[qO_Op]

O.K. own up! As if one wasn't bad enough- there's a copycat! :yell:

expires on the 10/06/2007 registered at cheapdomainnames.com

He has blatantly only just brought it on the 10/06/2006 so it's obviously a crappy .name!

 

[mgt]

50,000 On PR release?

"On Jun-10-06 at 12:03:19 PDT, seller added the following information:

Over 50,500 hits on the Press Release"

If he's got 50,000 hits On PR release why does he only have a little over 1000 on his ebay auction?

Seems like a higher % would have actually clicked on the auction link in the PR, don't you think?

 

[sk8r_rob]

Why does ebay let crap like that pass? But i want to see how it turns out xD

 

[Snurf]

O.K. own up! As if one wasn't bad enough- there's a copycat! :yell:

The copycat auction "mystery" domain is FOT.name

HAHAHAHAHA

 

[.X.]

Although i disagree with these type of auctions,If people are stupid enough to bid on em,Then let the auction stay :lol:

This guy is making more money than i am,,I need to call him and get his secret :talk:

 

[dgridley]

It's no secret: willful deception and misdirection. :D

I don't agree that you can "always" list a good domain on ebay and count on getting a good price, but then eBay really isn't the proper venue for domains IMO...

This guy is making more money than i am,,I need to call him and get his secret :talk:

 

[.X.]

It's no secret: willful deception and misdirection. :D

I don't agree that you can "always" list a good domain on ebay and count on getting a good price, but then eBay really isn't the proper venue for domains IMO...

I agree 100% with that!

 

[Earthian]

HOW TO SAVE $24,999,990.01 ...



instead of buying this auction (ends in 9 days) ... buy this one (ends in 2 days) ...



if you follow above instructions ... I am expecting a small gift of 1/2 of what you saved ... :lol: ... ok , ok ... 1/3 ... :lol: :lol: :lol:














on other news , the listing of this thread is at $1001.00 :lol: ... someone's gonna "buy" the most expensive .name of all time ... :lol:
















Grrilla - you said ... "The biggest problem that I see w/ this approach, however, (given that the auction is bidded up), is coercing the buyer to pay if the buyer doesn't like what he see's when the mystery is over." ... goohoo , goohoo ... it is a mystery auction mate , first the buyer pays (something that I don't see happening) and then the seller reveals the name to him ... :lol:

 

[kiviniar]

Lets just wait and watch....

 

[Flaresolutions]

The very fact he even mentioned .name turns me off to this auction.. virtually any .name he could have would be worthless IMO.

I agree he's probably holding multiple domains of this sort and this is his way of doling out the worst at a high price. I also agree this can only end badly for the "winner".

Lol, wouldent it be ironic if he owned and gave the winner hah.name?

 

[Grrilla]

Grrilla - you said ... "The biggest problem that I see w/ this approach, however, (given that the auction is bidded up), is coercing the buyer to pay if the buyer doesn't like what he see's when the mystery is over." ... goohoo , goohoo ... it is a mystery auction mate , first the buyer pays (something that I don't see happening) and then the seller reveals the name to him ...

Scenario 1- The winning bidder, totally, flakes. His purpose in bidding: a) He's a crusader who loves to go out of his way to screw over scammers -or- b) he is your, basic, run of the mill prick, who derives satisfaction, comfort and joy through the screwing over of other people's head's.
Scenario 2- After the buyer realizes he has been had, he makes a chargeback on his creditcard. 30 das+ later, the seller receives a notice from Paypal that the payment has been rescinded and that the sellers acct will now reflect a debit of $xx,xxx. Because the sellers acct does not have enough funds in it to cover the debit, the balance has been automatically withdrawn from his CC and/or his checking acct that he has attached to his Paypal acct. "Oh... and have a nice day." The seller finds himself in the red, paying interest on his credit card and minus a name. He files a complaint w/ ICANN/UDRP. They respond telling him that they will get right on the case and wish him a "nice day."
Scenario 3- (The success of this scenario depends upon the intelligence level and need of the seller and pits his savvy against the bidders persuasiveness and tap dancing ability.)The winning bidder uses an echeck to fund Paypal. Winning bidder doesn't like his mystery surprise. Winning bidder closes acct echeck is associated w/ or acct is underfunded (NSF), and 2 wks later seller learns that the Paypal pmt has been rescinded. The seller may or may not have the name in his control.
Scenario 4-Escrow is opened. Buyer refuses to approve the transacion and is, in essence, "holding a gun" to the sellers head and forcing him to divulge the "mystery" before signing off on the deal. You can project the variety of ensuing responses, results, consequences etc., that would result from this situation.

One way or another this auction has B-A-D written all over it.

 

[linker]

-or- b) he is your, basic, run of the mill prick

haha that made me laugh...

 

[cambkey]

Lets play 'Guess the name'

My guess is MDA.something (mystery domain auction)

 

[Earthian]

Grrilla - if the buyer flakes , the mystery will still be there ... if he tries to chargeback , PayPal might deny the chargeback to the buyer's bank because the item was received and was "as described" (no coercion after the mystery gets revealed) ... if there is an echeck , the funds should clear before the funds appear on PayPal and the seller sends the domain (and the mystery gets revealed) ... blackmailing the seller will just end up in an unpaid strike (mystery not revealed) ...











check out Scenario X -



the winner bidded so highly hoping that someone else (more opportunistic than him) would have outbidded him before the end and that way he would have just received the bidder incentive without cost ...




... he knew he would not pay that amount for an unknown .name/.info/.biz/maybe.org/maybe.net/noway.com LLL :lol: ... he was just hoping that some other opportunizer would have tried for a higher bidder incentive tier by outbidding him before the end of the auction ...




... after the end of the auction , the seller demands the 2,345,678 gazillion dollars the auction ended at (because of opportunistic bids) ...




... the winner (the unluckiest of the opportunists) "plays stupid" and after many threats for legal action and blahblahblah from the seller receives an unpaid strike (which probably doesn't matter for him anyway since he it is either a bogus or a secondary account) ...




... the seller tries second-chance offers to all the other bidders until he gets down to $30 where a bidder says "what the fcuk , I'll throw away 30 bucks because I wonder if it is a .name or .biz" :lol: ... (or doesn't send second-chance offers to avoid problem with bidder incentives)




... all the bidders mock the seller because he did not sent them the bidder incentives even though the auction ended at 2,345,678 gazillion dollars ... he answers to them that the winner did not pay and he forgot to put the rule that by winner he meant only the first winner and not the winner from a second-chance offer ... (seller reputation -5)




















the only way I could think of that the seller might coerce the buyer for the money after the mystery is revealed would be if ... the buyer accepted the domain in the escrow , saw that it was a .cheap and then cancelled the release of the funds ... this , though , might be a rather difficult scenario because the buyer would have to pay the escrow fees (or half of them) and receive an unpaid strike ... plus it is unethical to cancel an escrow while the seller honoured his part of the deal ... the simple scenario X described above , I think , is more probable ...





either way , I agree , the domain must be of low value ...

if it was a good domain , the seller would show it off so as to get a fair price ...

if it was a .com , he would not state all those other TLDs (which made all serious bidders cautious) so as to keep the price high ...

 

[bio2pets]

The current bid is $1,026.00 US( the bidder gets $100 back if he wins). For how much do you think this mystery domain will sell for?

 

[young11]

this will end in disaster, trust me, if buyer pays and does not like, he WILL get all of his money back

 

[Grrilla]

Grrilla - if the buyer flakes , the mystery will still be there

Yes, and we wiil all be left wondering. ...

if he tries to chargeback , PayPal might deny the chargeback to the buyer's bank because the item was received and was "as described" (no coercion after the mystery gets revealed)

Maybe, maybe not. In any case, (and please, someone, correct me if I am wrong), the chargeback would be processed through the buyer's credit card company and not through Paypal, who is 2nd in line. Paypal is not going to be left holding the bag and will, therefore, *immediately* pass the "bag" along to the seller's account. ...

if there is an echeck , the funds should clear before the funds appear on PayPal and the seller sends the domain (and the mystery gets revealed)

If the seller is prudent and not overly anxious to close the transaction, yes. That's why I prefaced scenario 3) w/ conditions. If the seller figures that the money is in his account and releases the name, he will have screwed himself if the buyer decides to default. If he holds onto the name, but the buyer persuades him to release it's identity the mystery is revealed, after which, the the buyer, probably, defaults and the seller is on his way back to the drawing board.

... blackmailing the seller will just end up in an unpaid strike (mystery not revealed) ...

Yes, however, the seller doesn't acheive his objective and once, again, we are all left to wonder about what, possible, name it could have been and what's the fun in that? However I like your style and the devious thinking that you have exhibited in scenarioX, so you get a high score and loads of brownie points for that one. :hehe:

ScenarioXX- the seller uses shill bidders to drive the price up to his target and waits for the right pigeon to come along. Maybe the current $1000+ bid was his original target and anything else on top of that is gravy.

ScenarioXXX The buyer bids on the name because he is a domain name appraisal scammer. He has the seller initiate escrow and, than, demands that the seller have the name appraised w/ one of the appraisal services he is hooked up with. He makes it a point to let the seller know that the appraisal doesn't have to be revealed until after the escrow closes. The seller complies, because he is on the bubble w/ the escrow fee, already, and, after all, the buyer isn't demanding that he reveal the appraisal amt until after the close, so what could the harm be? He pays for the appraisal. The buyer walks and the scammer has been scammed. The seller is out the appraisal fee and the escrow fee but hey, nobody solved the mystery so something good came out of it. Right? Right? The seller doesn't get any sleep that night.

 

[Earthian]

I thought of ScenarioXX too :lol:

I don't know if it applies for this auction , but shill bidding on mystery auctions like this are very usual ... and sometimes even worse ...

I once saw a mystery auction (money-mystery not domain-mystery) ending at app. $10,000 ... the winner supposedly "paid" and left a WOOOW-feedback that there was even more money in the box ($20,000) , so as to fish bidders for the next mystery auctions of the seller ... the seller stated in the auction that he could give away a lot of money because of a huge inheritance from his father ... while in an auction of his a month back he stated that the proceeds are needed to cover his father's outstanding bills besides his estate being taken as a partial payment :lol:












on other news , someone copied the domain mystery auction description word for word (except for the incentives) , but there is possibility that it will get pulled because it is illegal to copy descriptions or images without permission ...