Sedo complaint thread

[ownthisdomainnow]

They can't seem to close the deal. I have had several auctions or accepted offers never close out. The 'buyers' are just messing around, or there is scammery involved. Either way, I think Sedo is way over-rated at best, or a scam itself. And then the people at Sedo don't have the courtesy to respond to my inquries about the status of a transaction that is going nowhere.

Maybe I am the only one that has has bad dealings with this company. Sedo does not understand the meaning of the phrase 'customer service'. Yes, I would love to have one of their reps contact me. ButI am guessing I won't hear back from them.

 

[thetruman]

on top of this a 10% fee is outrageous IMO

 

[telking]

personally i have no problem with them. i sell there all the time.

 

[banners]

they should def enforce / punish non paying bidders.

perhaps you have just been unlucky

 

[Steven]

on top of this a 10% fee is outrageous IMO

I just had $150 taken out as a commission from $250 sale of Property.NU at sedo.com (and it was parked there)

 

[owntype]

They need to fire those lazy and unprofessional staffs ASAP!

I mean it!

 

[GF]

Yeah, I've had a non-paying bidder and they didn't do anything until almost a month passed and I e-mailed them asking, "What the hell is going on?"

 

[goodkarmaco]

Mrdomainman

seems you were shorted as the name is parked at Sedo you should only have to give them 10%. You need to contact Sedo and ask why the big commision.

 

[Morgan]

Sedo Sucks!

Hello everyone,

I thought i needed to get this off my chest as i am very pi$$ed off!

Today it seems sedo canceled my account, this is where it gets annoying.

Sedo never contacted me in any way to notify me of this, nor did they give me a reason to the cancelation.

I have been putting up with their joke of a PPC service on my parked names for the past 4 years, i actually thought that their marketplace was ''okay'', but over the past 6 or so months ive seen such a downturn in their service and quality of names at auction. Even when you find a legitimate buyer the transaction gets stretched for months. (i had a sale take 4 and a half months to go through after the buyer made payment in week 1)

The thing that annoys me the most is that i have 3 transactions that have been canceled because of this, each transaction sale worth low to mid $x,xxx.

For me the Sedo bubble has burst, i will never use their so called service again.

 

[cobainer]

That's strange!!! Has the recession affected Sedo too?? Instead of cutting on employees...their cutting on customers.... :D

 

[ssamriga]

I can't believe they wouldn't explain the reason if you called them...

 

[MicroGuy]

Sorry to hear about your Sedo problems. Maybe the .MOBI market will gain some traction and you'll have something to smile about again. Stranger things have happened. I think.

 

[lincolndsp]

Sedo is a kind of monopoly on the market..that's the reason IMO

 

[DomainNameWire]

Since Sedo implemented its verified bidder program I haven't had any problems with non-paying bidders. I'm sure it still happens but not as much.

Frankly, 10% is too low. If they increased the fee they could provide additional service.

I'd never suggest the biggest domain auction hose -- with $75M in sales last year -- to shut down

 

[thetruman]

10% is not a lot but WAY TOO MUCH... what are you talking about mr. SEDO?
:]

 

[Sull]

I would contact them. They cancelled my account before. Turns out it was an error on their part. Sucks because I had to redo a bunch of my parked domains.

 

[eFingerz]

yea sedo is the worse if u ask me
I hate em with a passion
Be glad they closed it its a blessing!

 

[labrocca]

I have never had issues with Sedo sales taking months. Even if there is a sale and buyer takes more than 2 weeks I ask that the sale is cancelled and the domain relisted. It's never been a problem. When payments do occur I have recieved either my check or paypal payment promptly. Once it took like 3 days for the payment..I think that's the longest I had to wait.

 

[labrocca]

10% is reasonable enough IF they can close the deal but too often they are not. I had 2 good sales fall out the past 6 months. One was high $x,xxx too. I could have used that income.

 

[telking]

Interesting.. I paid for a 'featured listing' a few days ago and check every once and a while to see how its doing, hits etc..... Today it hasnt showed up in the list... thats weird. It was there yesterday.