Tdnam is a farce

[irishmat]

just got an email from tdnam telling me that the name i won has been renewed

ok fair enough, i knew that this had a chance of happening

but here is the thing, they are gonna give my money back within 6 days

this is ridiculous, tdnam is a farce, why do they insist on holding money like this, its even worse when you make a sale!

bob parsons thinks kiting is a disgrace, well this is just as bad

seriously thinking about taking all my business away from GD

 

[SJM211]

I guess there's nothing they can do if it's been renewed but yes you'd expect them to refund you immediately..

I have a pretty low opinion of TDNAM after I won a public auction and never heard back from the seller. TDNAM kept my money for 30 days whilst I had to write repeated emails to the seller to try to get them to transfer the domain. It was a 3 character .com and I managed to win for $30 so I'm guessing that the seller just backed out of the deal + TDNAM didn't do anything about it..

The really annoying thing is that I paid on a credit card from outside of the US so not only did they earn interest on my money but I think that the refund was less due to the credit card exchange rate being worse for $->£ than £->$.

 

[irishmat]

its just a really bad business model all round over there

the quicker sedo comes up with their auction system the better

pity the GD expired names will always go thru tdnam

 

[fonzie_007]

I bet I can guess which domain it was. I was the jerk bidding you up

 

[paxton]

just got an email from tdnam telling me that the name i won has been renewed...they are gonna give my money back within 6 days...

I've won several domains in TDNAM's "expired name auctions" that were reclaimed by the owner. Each time it took a minimum of 2 weeks to get my refund, and I had paid via paypal each time.

Not that I think 6 days is acceptable, but maybe they are improving?

 

[.X.]

They seem to working thier system as best a possible at the moment,I mean...You can go snapnames or pool and backorder,But the two week layover isn't that bad considering you can get a name worth x,xxx for a $50 bid on some.

 

[wasistdas]

That sux. They don't have to act that way. In this case NetSol's SnapNames look more serious.

 

[maxxwebb]

oh man, i'm watching a domain (reg at GD) that is set to expire...

ALL this negative chatter about TDNAM/GD backorders here and there is making me nervous.

ahhhh crap.

 

[matt_bodis]

So far I have 3 things that involve this type GoDaddy "scam", if that is what you want to call it.

1. They don't let you transfer out a domain 60 days after WHOIS is changed or domain has been pushed.

2. They take over 30 days to pay you after you have sold a domain on TDNAM.

3. It takes 7 days for them to refund you after their own domain has been renewed.

 

[midnight251]

I've just cancled all my auctions. This is just sooooo wrong.

 

[greenlight]

you guys should stay away

from tdnam, absolutely everyone. please stay away from them pretty please