Reviews of baseballworld's investing and development group

[wormfood]

Hi,

Any members of this group care to review how it's going so far?

https://www.namepros.com/threads/domain-investing-and-website-development-group.977386/

Thanks

 

[MackieMesser]

Lol, I didn't even know, because I didn't understand a word what he wrote me. It was English, but a product of a crazy mind. Well, it cost me $200, but now I'm smarter, and I don't trust anyone as a partner I don't have a friendship with.

Yes, agreed.

 

[MackieMesser]

That guy is still alive, was online here in October 2020.

 

[kaposzta]

I'm not sure why he wants to return to this site with his old account, not a wise action.

 

[MackieMesser]

Yeah. It took a couple of months to notice that he was online and even left some posts....

 

[creataweb]

@ProDomains
@Keukatodd
Who else is or was in it?

idk

 

[creataweb]

^

 

[wwwweb]

His post for the said group literally started by something like......" I have never had any bad business dealings......."

Sorry, to hear, most domains are just not liquid enough to start a fund over.

If this person had that much success, no reason to share it, just keep self funding. I looked over that thread, it made no sense, there were a lot of inquiring domainers who probably thru a few hundred at it, which is really sad.

 

[alcy]

he seemed nice active friendly fella
I almost bought his investment
is all this true @Eric Lyon ?
his account seems still around.

 

[Chris Hydrick]

Notice my posting.."update".. got same results.. thinking maybe his name was mentioned 48 times not 48 legal actions..

So what happens after losing? Does he just lose the domain, or are there further actions / financial repercussions?

I'm asking because the last WIPO decision against him came down about a month and a half after the investment fund thread was created.

Thread created: October 11th, 2016
WIPO Decision: November 29th, 2016.

I'm just trying to point my finger on whats going on. Apologies if this is off topic.

Did the investors have a say in which names were invested in?

According to the WIPO complainant

In addition, the Complainant has submitted evidence in the Complaint that the Respondent currently owns numerous domain name registrations that contain or incorporate well-known trademarks owned by third parties.

Were the funds used to purchase other TM domains? I see in December 2016, another TM domain was registered. Does the fund take responsibility of this domain, or is there a way to differentiate BBW domains from fund domains?

@Keukatodd - Not sure if this was mentioned somewhere, but when did you invest in the fund? And when did you request a withdraw?

 

[namezest]

Some states are cracking down and actually banning the use of and availability of mugshots online.

 

[Keukatodd]

Respect!



Thank you for bringing that part up. I want to remain sensitive to the victims, but when I saw that Mugshot.com link I was a little thrown off. I didn't say anything because IDK if the nature of the alleged crime (theft) is relevant to the alleged theft case present here. With that said, there is a large disclaimer on MugShot.com that reads all are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Thus, if you're going to refer to it as a criminal past, it might be important to confirm or deny his innocence.

I mention this because last month a well known member in the domaining community was spreading my mugshot.com report from when I was 17. I wrote about Mugshot.com on NamePros last year, and explained the arrest was for an unpaid speeding ticket. Yet, this big name domainer recently went around privately and publicly stating that arrest was felony in nature, and IMO used it to discredit me by falsely labeling me as a felon. Last year, @OnlineDomainCom wrote a piece on Mugshot.com and the comments reveal some interesting info. http://onlinedomain.com/2016/03/25/video/mugshots-com/

I never declared that the member was guilty or innocent of a crime! In fact, I never even said anything about such a matter nor did I tie my post with that link to any proper person or thereof. I posted a public document for instructional purposes only!

 

[Chris Hydrick]

I never declared that the member was guilty or innocent of a crime! In fact, I never even said anything about such a matter nor did I tie my post with that link to any proper person or thereof. I posted a public document for instructional purposes only!

Not saying you did. But you brought the record into scope, without much of a description. Regardless, this is out of scope to the current review right now.

Has anybody tried calling or emailing BBW? Is it confirmed that he is OK? Or is it confirmed he is now avoiding people? I'm still confused of the timelines. When did you request your money back? And what was his response?

Have all members in the group deemed this to be a scam? Or are there some who have full scope? Is there a group chat or something central regarding the group? (maybe I should reread the initial investment thread before commenting further)

 

[Chris Hydrick]

there's a chance he just screwed this up and now he doesn't have the guts to tell the members that he burnt the money and no money and/or domains left.

I did a reverse WHOIS on some of his domains, and notice a lot of 2018 expiration dates. So while the fund may be dry, it (or he) doesn't appear to be lacking domains. Maybe he NEEDS a sale to honor those who are requesting their money back? And until then is laying low? Without knowing the full story, I question how he is doing, and hope the reason for no response isn't due to an unrelated tragedy.

 

[Ali Azam]

update?​