Dear potential buyer,
I understand your frustration. The domain name you wanted, that just so happened to pop in your head while taking a morning shower, is taken.
It’s a shame really, because GoDaddy’s search tool had you all pumped up: for $10 (plus ICANN fee of $0.18) you could own the domain of your dreams.
And now, your dreams are shattered. You typed the domain in your browser and ended up on a page with a link to a contact form.
So you made several offers, trying anything from $1 to $50 and the response page quoted something about not reaching the minimum price.
You went back to it – the cookie in your browser ensures you view the offer page from now on – and got all worked up by the $3,000 quote.
How dare they steal my dream, you thought. I’ll teach them, you said out loud, snapping!
“Lick Mah Ballz!”
It doesn’t matter that you filled out the form with your full name, your telephone number, and your locale is recorded. You need to let it all out!
I hope you’re feeling better, but you just lost your only chance to own this domain. After this virtual tea-bagging, I won’t be getting back to you – ever.
In fact, I’m using your keyboard bravado as yet another anecdotal piece to my benefit, and should you be careless enough to pester me again in the future, I will also publish your name. I love Quebecois but some of you are frog-eating putain, apparently.
“BS that this is worth thousands of dollars. I have other alternatives”
OK, I get it. Being a cat lady – anyone with more than two cats qualifies as such – and an Etsy painter doesn’t exactly help pay the bills. So why bug me then, if you have alternatives?
I have alternatives too, but I don’t act upon them. Because I use Frank Schilling’s professional platform, I’m bound to explain your inability to comprehend which way the domain world spins, using polite terms – unlike your “BS” statement.
But I’d very much like to tell you to piss off, because if I made an $1 offer on one of your $25 watercolor reprints, you’d want to go all Lorena Bobbitt on me.
So, dear potential buyer: if you want the domain, open up your wallet. And keep your filthy mouth tightly shut.
Most are not willing to pay a market price and have no right to complain.
But some are willing to pay a higher price than anyone else, and are rightly appalled at the hoops they are made to jump through.
Chris – I don’t mind hearing complains that retain their professionalism. Particularly when one provides their full contact info, what is the point of lashing out? On the other hand, my options are simple: either ignore the comment and trash the inquiry, or send out a response that puts them in their place, without using any of that language.