Comments on: Poll: How SnapNames Scandal Affects You

By: Nic

Nic — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:17:02 +0000

1. Drafting
Para 4 of the Snap agreement at the hyperlink above, is a 288 word sentence. What ridiculous and unnecessarily archaic legal drafting. Cross out “NOW, THEREFORE,” at para 3 and ask yourself if the para before says anything different.

2. Opportunity cost
Have I missed the discussion, or do I appear to be the only person in the industry who has noticed that no recompense is being offered for the opportunity lost, e.g. what about the names that the underbidders lost, that were then sold by Halevrez for a capital profit, or the ad revenue that Halvarez earned that would he been earned by the underbidder? What about the names themselves? No mention of that in the offer. No apology either. Think about that when you read 4 below.

3. Commendation
Andrew, whilst I empathise with their plight, and I agree that the issue is being handled professionally, I fail to understand, in the nicest and friendliest possible way, why you have formed the view that these guys should be “commended” (your post Wednesday, November 4th). All they are doing is what they should do, at a minimum.

4. Realease
As I note at the blog comment above, the “offer” comes with strings attached. I have to spend my time reading, considering, seeking legal advice with respect to the offer, in order to get the refund. Why not simply give it to me? It is tactical to avoid litigation.

By: Nic

Nic — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:06:40 +0000

Seems the rebate is, unsurprisingly, NOT a non conditional offer of recompense:

http://web.vertismail.com/smartcast/sites/snapnamesrebate/Rebate_Offer_Acceptance_Agreement.pdf

Awful drafting by the way.

By: domainshouse

domainshouse — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:32:13 +0000

if we stop to bid we are making the game they want as fraudulent “engineers”. Some like them want to destroy the trust and dominate through corporated big interests.

By: jackstack

jackstack — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:27:29 +0000

The big question now is why hasn’t Snap restored the order history in all accounts. The will be the big question in the industry tommorow and the next day and the day after that.

If Snap doesn’t restore the history soon they will be toast and the lawsuits will start. How can I check what I am owed unless t he order history is restored.

By: yanni

yanni — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:15:22 +0000

What he said.

Really now, is there anyone who trusts any auction venue 100%
You just play along with what you have available to you.

Same goes for parking companies, as well.

By: Unasi

Unasi — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:35:45 +0000

For question “Have you lost trust in domain auctions in general?” is missing answer “no, because I never had any”

By: Latest Domainer News

Latest Domainer News — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:15:02 +0000

Poll: How SnapNames Scandal Affects You – http://tinyurl.com/yjwvvu4