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[recordlovelife]

3 weeks ago, I had a great Idea for a website and the perfect domain name. I type in "www.(domainname).com" and it says "page not found". Great, it's available. So I decided to buy that url.

I go to godaddy (newb mistake) and run a search. "Hey, that site's available....and it's only $8/yr".


YEAH!!! Ill take it. But I left my wallet in my car. Ill get it later.


So three weeks later, I sit down today to register it and....hark, it's been taken!?!? S#!%, what are the odds?? I go to the url, and GODADDY put up a nice little page saying "this page has been parked FOR FREE at GoDaddy.com.

I had no idea godaddy was so rich that they can afford to give out domain names!!!


Anyway, I go back to the site and they have a link to "click for info"


They give the person's info out on who bought the site!!! How often, in the Patriot Act, Security age, do we just give people's information out. But I digress....I noticed some funny things about the info. For one, It said the name has been owned by this guy since OCTOBER 2004!!! IT WAS AVAILABLE THREE WEEKS AGO!!! AND IT DOESN"T EXPIRE TIL OCTOBER 2007!?!? F$#%&NG B%#^$&*T. Two, they provide you with his phone number??? 818-555-1212. For those of you on the other side of the pond, 555 numbers don't exist, they are reserved for movies that want to make up ficticious phone numbers so people in real life don't call and bother innocent people. LONG STORY SHORT, it's F$#%&NG B%#^$&*T!!

Last but not least, they offer a BUY DOMAIN AGENT. For $60 plus commision, they will "negotiate" with the current owner and see if they are willing to sell and for how much. THIS IS SUCH S#%&, they are the people who bought it. It's a scam, it's a ficticious company called SMS Entertainment Group. (google them, they don't exist!). And now instead of $8, it will cost me $60+ what ever extorting amount they come up with.


THIS IS EXTORSION AND I WILL find out how to sue, so if this has happened to anyone....please let me know.

Or try and provide any advice, or even a counter to my claim (<---probably not the best idea right now)



F#$& GODADDY.


Frank

[squr3l]

the way you explain it it does sound like extortion, but im sure theres a logical explanation to it
i dont think it could say it had been created 2 years ago when it hasnt because thats generated by a code based off the registration of it
o well thats a slap in the face

[dEcade]

Sorry to hear that. I'm registered on GoDaddy and they are pretty good.

recordlovelife, on Jan 11 2007, 07:33 PM, said:

818-555-1212. For those of you on the other side of the pond, 555 numbers don't exist, they are reserved for movies that want to make up ficticious phone numbers so people in real life don't call and bother innocent people.

Actually there are some 555 numbers http://en.wikipedia....55_phone_number

dEcade

[ktd]

1. The information registered to the domain must be stored in WHOIS. You must have valid information under it.
2. How do you know GoDaddy bought it? A lot of companies buy up random domains and park them wishing they get a good offer on it.
3. Goto whois.org and check the info. It can't have been registered in the last 3 weeks if it says it was registered in 2004.
4. Suing would do nothing. You have no proof.

[dEcade]

recordlovelife, on Jan 11 2007, 07:33 PM, said:

It's a scam, it's a ficticious company called SMS Entertainment Group. (google them, they don't exist!).

Also just because they're not on google doesn't mean they don't exist. Maybe they just by out random domains and don't have a set site for their company I don't know.

dEcade

Edited by dEcade, 11 January 2007 - 08:48 PM.

[Ben]

EDIT: Oh I misread.

Ben.

Edited by d4rkst0n3, 12 January 2007 - 05:17 AM.

[Donna]

Why is Godaddy at fault? because you left your wallet in the car and it took you 3 weeks to get it

lol seriously you haven't a leg to stand on here.

I'd say you made a spelling error or the domain was in process of being renewed.

SMS Entertainment Group does exist btw.

post the url please

[ktd]

How do you know that the domain is free? Just because it says that it's parked free doesn't mean anything. That just means that they're hosting the parked page for free. Someone still has to pay for the domain.

[syntex]

lol i reckon, 3 weeks to walk to your car and get you wallet, your fault really?

[Matthew.]

Umm..

GoDaddy have done nothing wrong, someone else has bought the domain. It godaddy parking page is what thedomainis pointed to by default.

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its your loss. deal with it.

Can't say i disagree.

lol @ sue godaddy.

Edited by Matthew., 12 January 2007 - 03:08 AM.

[N4Z.]

This made me laugh.. For 1 thing: Was your car parked in Fiji?

Second thing: Just because you typed in the domain name in a browser and it said "This Page cant be found" Doesnt mean it's available! Run a WHOIS Search..

I dont think any legal laws have been broken here.. I think the only thing committed here is stupidity, no offence.

[NGPixel]

recordlovelife, on Jan 11 2007, 08:33 PM, said:

I type in "www.(domainname).com" and it says "page not found". Great, it's available. So I decided to buy that url.

Ok, now that's funny. I could have bought a domain and not park it yet, you will get that 404 Not Found page. You should always check the domain on a registrar.

recordlovelife, on Jan 11 2007, 08:33 PM, said:

So three weeks later, I sit down today to register it and....hark, it's been taken!?!? S#!%, what are the odds?? I go to the url, and GODADDY put up a nice little page saying "this page has been parked FOR FREE at GoDaddy.com.

I had no idea godaddy was so rich that they can afford to give out domain names!!!

You misunderstood that line. GoDaddy.com park the domain on their server for free so the owner can wait before parking it to another server. It has nothing to do with GoDaddy buying the domain...

recordlovelife, on Jan 11 2007, 08:33 PM, said:

They give the person's info out on who bought the site!!! How often, in the Patriot Act, Security age, do we just give people's information out. But I digress....I noticed some funny things about the info. For one, It said the name has been owned by this guy since OCTOBER 2004!!! IT WAS AVAILABLE THREE WEEKS AGO!!! AND IT DOESN"T EXPIRE TIL OCTOBER 2007!?!? F$#%&NG B%#^$&*T. Two, they provide you with his phone number??? 818-555-1212. For those of you on the other side of the pond, 555 numbers don't exist, they are reserved for movies that want to make up ficticious phone numbers so people in real life don't call and bother innocent people. LONG STORY SHORT, it's F$#%&NG B%#^$&*T!!

Unless you are new to domains, you should know that YOU HAVE TO provide valid information about the domain owner. It's required or you can loose your domain for providing false information.

So GoDaddy did nothing wrong there, the only person to blame is you. If you really wanted that domain, you should have bought it asap, not 3 weeks later...

[Faken]

Also, it's pretty common that domain registrars track whois queries... so if you do a whois on a domain name and it's available, you better buy it right away or you risk losing it.

Dan

[N4Z.]

Faken, on Jan 12 2007, 05:25 PM, said:

Also, it's pretty common that domain registrars track whois queries... so if you do a whois on a domain name and it's available, you better buy it right away or you risk losing it.

Dan

True and also if it is available and you don't buy it straight away, it's your fault.. No one elses..

GoDaddy have done nothing wrong.. Sorry, but you have brought it upon yourself.

Domains are going very quick, and 3 weeks is a lifetime to buy a domain name that is available to buy.

Nothing can be done

[α∂αмяoss]

It's your own fault for being lazy ...

[recordlovelife]

As a side note, while I never claim to be good/knownledgable at web stuff (im always learning and humbled), i talked to my friend who is an IT, and i said (while still P-Oed yesterday) "You'll never believe what godaddy did".

He immediately respondes with "they stole you're domain name?"

I was shocked...."how'd you know".

"they do it all the time, they even start "companies" for the sake of making legitamate purchases"

At that point, I was so mad. I drove my brand new GTI VR6 on the highway, with the windows down, for about an hour. That helped to clear my head.

So as I approached the whole situation today, im back to working and past the grudge state. I have recently reserved a new domain that will work just fine for me and see if my original one becomes available in ten months. In the heat of fustration, it was easier to RAAAANT than accept my mistakes and learn from them.

So before another person posts "you're fault" or "you're lazy", you are all right.

Thanks for all your harsh blows :bashhead: , i guess next time ill just have to use serverseed (<--that's was a joke).

[N4Z.]

recordlovelife, on Jan 12 2007, 06:36 PM, said:

i guess next time ill just have to use serverseed (<--that's was a joke).

That made me laugh

[α∂αмяoss]

Lol, Serverseed rocks