My WTF sale of the week

[bluebox]

I have my names pointed to efty.com landing pages and BIN buttons redirect to escrow.com.

So I received email that somebody initiated the transaction ($2,995)

Woohoo I think.

Some back and forth with the buyer. She's from Colombia so at times I had to guess what she meant (crappy translation) but hey, it's $3k so suck it up.

She was not happy about the escrow fees ($188) - so against my better judgment I offered paypal (I did a little "background check" and she seems legit). And you can't do a charge back when sending payment as a gift to a friend so I thought I will risk it.

So anyway I see notification from Paypal - you have received $3 (2.55 after fees).



What? why would she pay $3?...

... .....

Wait wait waaait a minute!
Don't tell me she thought it's $2.99...

LOL

I wasted 5 hours and stayed until 4 AM for $2.55
And she paid as a normal payment not a gift.

I refunded it and tried very hard not to say what I think about the whole clusterfuck.

Aaaghh

What about you guys.
Share your "people frustrate me" stories.

 

[DomainVP]

I've had that happen to me. We agreed on $120,000 then went to escrow, and got $120 USD.

It's a quick lesson on never to use commas when talking money with someone outside of the U.S.

 

[iAchilles]

I got a 15k offer on a name that was owned by a business that provided dinner/events services. The offer came in less than a month or so after I acquired the name. I call them up and after a few introductions and some small talk we get down to business. I let them know that 15k is a very firm start but we'd require more to close a deal. They then tell me that 15k is the very top of their budget for the wedding reception.

Ok, wait, what!?

 

[Lite]

I initially thought you sold a .wtf

 

[bluebox]

The worst part is going from "woohoo " to "well, that was fun while it lasted "

 

[bluebox]

wow seems like you had an interesting experience. I would of paid the fees for her.

Technically fees were split 50/50 - so she would only have to pay a half.
No wonder she though $95 for a $3 name is too much LOL

 

[Mahogany]

Wow.... I didn't see that coming! That was worth the read! Kudos for taking it in stride brother!

 

[deez007]

I have my names pointed to efty.com landing pages and BIN buttons redirect to escrow.com.

So I received email that somebody initiated the transaction ($2,995)

Woohoo I think.

Some back and forth with the buyer. She's from Colombia so at times I had to guess what she meant (crappy translation) but hey, it's $3k so suck it up.

She was not happy about the escrow fees ($188) - so against my better judgment I offered paypal (I did a little "background check" and she seems legit). And you can't do a charge back when sending payment as a gift to a friend so I thought I will risk it.

So anyway I see notification from Paypal - you have received $3 (2.55 after fees).



What? why would she pay $3?...

... .....

Wait wait waaait a minute!
Don't tell me she thought it's $2.99...

LOL

I wasted 5 hours and stayed until 4 AM for $2.55
And she paid as a normal payment not a gift.

I refunded it and tried very hard not to say what I think about the whole clusterf*ck.

Aaaghh

What about you guys.
Share your "people frustrate me" stories.

Holly cow dude....I can only imagine the anti-climax.... that's like hooking up with a really hot supermodel and you get her to bed only for her to say.."sorry it's that time of the month"

 

[Wannabean]

but they don't want no longer being part of europe , so what

it's the european union the uk's leaving not europe. exiting europe is a whole other matter and would take one heck of a tow truck

 

[mad409]

And she thought there was a $188.00 escrow fee on $3.00. LOL

 

[hxp]

Wow.

I've never had that happen to me, but I've had buyers backing out of deals at the very last minute. Right after we've agreed on a price, and right before it's time to pay. I wonder if it's other domainers practicing their negotiation skills...? lol. Definitely frustrating.

 

[Bram C.]

I'm from Belgium and if I would for example sell a domain for 3000 € the correct way to display it would be
3.000 EUR and not 3,000 EUR (so we use a dot where Americans use a comma and vice versa). A comma is used for a decimal separator (for example 2,25 EUR). Most European countries write it like that.

 

[Domain Lead Finder]

I've had that happen to me. We agreed on $120,000 then went to escrow, and got $120 USD.

It's a quick lesson on never to use commas when talking money with someone outside of the U.S.

O man that sucks. If I was waiting on $120.000 and got just $120 I would probably cry.

 

[baseballworld]

wow seems like you had an interesting experience. I would of paid the fees for her.

 

[bluebox]

Me:
The price is not $2 and 99 cents but $2995 = 3 thousands.
I refunded it.

Her:
I do not understand you

So again I had to repeat that it's $3000 and since she probably wont's be interested in buying at that price it's best to just say goodbyes and not waste more time.

No answer after that.

 

[Jman92]

When I read the title, I taught you sold some terrible name you taught you would never sale.

 

[Doron Vermaat]

I receive offers sometime ranging anywhere between $1,000 and $5,000 on recruitment related domains from people who think they are applying for a job and think the offer field is for their expected salary.

 

[bluebox]

Wow.... I didn't see that coming! That was worth the read! Kudos for taking it in stride brother!

Well I definitely didn't see that coming too LOL

 

[alcy]

sounds to me like yuou been outsmart by columbian chick, matey.

 

[BrandZen]

I got a 15k offer on a name that was owned by a business that provided dinner/events services. The offer came in less than a month or so after I acquired the name. I call them up and after a few introductions and some small talk we get down to business. I let them know that 15k is a very firm start but we'd require more to close a deal. They then tell me that 15k is the very top of their budget for the wedding reception.

I've owned Pure/anabolics(.)com for about two years and I still get requests for Steroids.

 

[equity78]

The worst part is going from "woohoo " to "well, that was fun while it lasted "

What did she say when she found out the price was $3,000 not $3 ?

 

[bluebox]

That's how efty.com shows prices.
@Doron Vermaat - maybe you could remove commas (e.g. $2995) so it's not confusing for people.

 

[baseballworld]

Wow.

I've never had that happen to me, but I've had buyers backing out of deals at the very last minute. Right after we've agreed on a price, and right before it's time to pay. I wonder if it's other domainers practicing their negotiation skills...? lol. Definitely frustrating.

I think this scenario could be dead on.

 

[bluebox]

Holly cow dude....I can only imagine the anti-climax.... that's like hooking up with a really hot supermodel and you get her to bed only for her to say.."sorry it's that time of the month"

Feels more like I found out it's a cardboard cutout. Of Steve Buscemi.

 

[loredan]

Since it's @Doron Vermaat fault as he didn't clearly educated the potential buyers what's a comma and whats a dot, I suppose he can add the remaining $2,992 so the transaction can be successfully concluded

Just kidding lol