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Hello Everyone,
1. last week I have received an inquire for my domain via parking page @ DNS. I have quoted minimum offer $50K with $100K Buy it now. The email leads to large Chinese developer / real estate company.
2. Next day I have received an inquire for the same domain @ Afternic, so I have quoted the same floor price and buy it now price.
3. Next day I have received high $xx,xxx offer @ GoDaddy auction and I have accepted the offer.
4. The buyer started an escrow @ escrow.com immediately, but it has been 5 days and the buyer failed even to choose the payment method.
5. On mondayI called GD to check on the transaction and I have been told to wait till wednesday (today) and email auctions @ GD.
6. Monday night I received an email from claim to be GoDaddy sales representative who claim to have a buyer for the same domain and will pay about $25K less than the original accepted offer. She introduced herself with American common name, but the email address is Chinese name & last name @ go daddy.com and even I could recognize it wasn't written by native English speaking person.
7. I replied to her that the domain has been sold and I am under agreement but if the original buyer will fail to proceed the transaction, I may "think" about it if the commission is right.
8. She replied the commission is 5 to 20%.
9. I emailed auctions @ GD today to find out what is going on, tried to get info where is the original offer from and also forwarded the fishy email from claim to be GD associate with the lower offer.
10. GD Auctione replied:
"Support Staff Response
Dear Tomas,
Thank you for contacting Aftermarket support. We will not provide any information about other shoppers to anyone. We will reach out to the buyer and remind them to complete payment at escrow.com. Should they fail to do so within the next 10 days or if we determine that they will not be completing the transaction as agreed it may be cancelled so that you can relist the domain for sale.
We will review why you were contacted by that representative regarding your domain.
Please reach out to us if you have any other questions.
Regards,
Kyle H
Aftermarket Support"
I do have a feeling it may be a scam, or she may be connected to the original buyer and trying to get $25,000 off of the original offer. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Tomas
1. last week I have received an inquire for my domain via parking page @ DNS. I have quoted minimum offer $50K with $100K Buy it now. The email leads to large Chinese developer / real estate company.
2. Next day I have received an inquire for the same domain @ Afternic, so I have quoted the same floor price and buy it now price.
3. Next day I have received high $xx,xxx offer @ GoDaddy auction and I have accepted the offer.
4. The buyer started an escrow @ escrow.com immediately, but it has been 5 days and the buyer failed even to choose the payment method.
5. On mondayI called GD to check on the transaction and I have been told to wait till wednesday (today) and email auctions @ GD.
6. Monday night I received an email from claim to be GoDaddy sales representative who claim to have a buyer for the same domain and will pay about $25K less than the original accepted offer. She introduced herself with American common name, but the email address is Chinese name & last name @ go daddy.com and even I could recognize it wasn't written by native English speaking person.
7. I replied to her that the domain has been sold and I am under agreement but if the original buyer will fail to proceed the transaction, I may "think" about it if the commission is right.
8. She replied the commission is 5 to 20%.
9. I emailed auctions @ GD today to find out what is going on, tried to get info where is the original offer from and also forwarded the fishy email from claim to be GD associate with the lower offer.
10. GD Auctione replied:
"Support Staff Response
Dear Tomas,
Thank you for contacting Aftermarket support. We will not provide any information about other shoppers to anyone. We will reach out to the buyer and remind them to complete payment at escrow.com. Should they fail to do so within the next 10 days or if we determine that they will not be completing the transaction as agreed it may be cancelled so that you can relist the domain for sale.
We will review why you were contacted by that representative regarding your domain.
Please reach out to us if you have any other questions.
Regards,
Kyle H
Aftermarket Support"
I do have a feeling it may be a scam, or she may be connected to the original buyer and trying to get $25,000 off of the original offer. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Tomas