Comments on: A Peek Inside the SnapNames Lawsuit

By: bubbles

bubbles — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:23:34 +0000

“clean up the industry?” This is an isolated case in one company. To somehow indict an entire industry based on this event is ridiculous. Perhaps he could clean up the oil industry or managed health care.

Michael Arrington’s statements are also funny to me.
He is a joke.
He got sacked at Pool.
He is a windbag which makes blogging a perfect forum for him: no responsibility to being a professional windbag (windblogger? hotwindblogger?).
The fact that anyone hired him should be a lesson to anyone down on their luck.
Talk about doing more with less.
Way to go.

By: pitbullstew

pitbullstew — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:06:39 +0000

Ill let my lawyer handle this for me, wouldnt want nepotism be a motivation here, he can be reached at:
Michael J. Aschenbrener | KamberEdelson LLC
350 N. LaSalle St., Suite 1300
Chicago, IL 60654
1.312.589.6379 (direct) | 1.312.589.6370 (firm) | 1.312.589.6378 (fax)
maschenbrener@kamberedelson.com | http://www.kamberedelson.com

By: lackluster

lackluster — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:02:55 +0000

Here is the comment from Adam Strong and the answer by Frank. LOL.

Posted by Adam Strong | March 11th, 2007 at 12:39 am
Frank, one other reason for using snap. Great people. The people you work with in any business make life easier and snap has at some of the best.

***FS*** True that! Except for that Nelson *jk* Snapnames wouldnâ€™t be the same without Nelson Brady.

By: Paul Keating

Paul Keating — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:47:42 +0000

I wonder if the action will survive a challenge to jurisdiction. While an Illinios case, the recent GoDaddy victory on jurisdiction grounds is educational.

Also, all bidders at Snap agreed to their TOS which included limitations on liability and a jurisdictional provision. Of course one may try to escape from the TOS by alleging fraud but success is not a certainty.

While I also have concerns about the whole drop.auction process, unless someone can show me that Snap actually knew or suspected the problem, the litigation has the potential for causing more problems for the industry then good.

By: Marg

Marg — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:26:10 +0000

Thanks “lackluster” for the link to Frank Schilling’s Seven Mile blog post about how great and honest he thought Snapnames was (March 2007). I remember reading it at the time.

That post would have been written at the height of the Halvarez bidding on Snapnames and Frank with his millions a year (his estimate) spent at Snapnames must have been very affected by this. Financial rebates aside, I wonder how betrayed he feels now? I would feel kicked in the gut if I was him….

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:30:53 +0000

Why did the lawyer cross the road?
Because there was a car accident on the other side.

What’s wrong with lawyer jokes?
Lawyers don’t think their funny.
People don’t think they’re jokes.

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:23:06 +0000

@ Acro – argh. Thanks