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A small story of the GoDaddy/NameFind malpractices that scammed me out of a Closeout domain I won.
I bought a $5 Closeout domain (3DPrintFarm.com) at GoDaddy on Dec/17, it showed the status of domain in my account as "Expired Domain Ready on Dec/20/2016". The domain previously belonged to a LEO DEARDEN, just as he owned the NET/ORG versions as well. On Dec/22, I still didn't have the domain, so I checked the WHOIS which showed the domain transferred to NameFind.com (the domain agency of GoDaddy) at FastHost. It's obvious that NameFind just misappropriated a domain they liked, AFTER it was sold to me. I wrote to their support seeking explanation as to how a domain I won and paid for could end up with their domaining agency NameFind. They put in a standard reply "the domain is not with us blah blah and under the auctions conditions ....." but when I checked the domain WHOIS again, the WHOIS details were switched back to that LEO DEARDEN.
Now, today I get a Christmas mail from Santa Claus (the Godaddy system) that 3DPrintFarm.com has been deleted from my account. So, I have 3 questions for all to reflect on:
1) How the domain WHOIS showed the details of NameFind when it was won and paid for by me?
2) Why they changed back the WHOIS details to that of LEO DEARDEN when I protested?
3) Why does the Godaddy mail now says that it was deleted from my account?
@Joe Styler , what do you have to say?
Maybe my understanding is not much but, as far as I can guess, it's a case of an attempted misappropriation of an already won domain by NameFind.com (a GoDaddy agency). Has something of this sort happened with you as well?
I bought a $5 Closeout domain (3DPrintFarm.com) at GoDaddy on Dec/17, it showed the status of domain in my account as "Expired Domain Ready on Dec/20/2016". The domain previously belonged to a LEO DEARDEN, just as he owned the NET/ORG versions as well. On Dec/22, I still didn't have the domain, so I checked the WHOIS which showed the domain transferred to NameFind.com (the domain agency of GoDaddy) at FastHost. It's obvious that NameFind just misappropriated a domain they liked, AFTER it was sold to me. I wrote to their support seeking explanation as to how a domain I won and paid for could end up with their domaining agency NameFind. They put in a standard reply "the domain is not with us blah blah and under the auctions conditions ....." but when I checked the domain WHOIS again, the WHOIS details were switched back to that LEO DEARDEN.
Now, today I get a Christmas mail from Santa Claus (the Godaddy system) that 3DPrintFarm.com has been deleted from my account. So, I have 3 questions for all to reflect on:
1) How the domain WHOIS showed the details of NameFind when it was won and paid for by me?
2) Why they changed back the WHOIS details to that of LEO DEARDEN when I protested?
3) Why does the Godaddy mail now says that it was deleted from my account?
@Joe Styler , what do you have to say?
Maybe my understanding is not much but, as far as I can guess, it's a case of an attempted misappropriation of an already won domain by NameFind.com (a GoDaddy agency). Has something of this sort happened with you as well?
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