{"id":2021,"date":"2011-11-14T14:01:17","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T19:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=2021"},"modified":"2011-11-14T14:07:37","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T19:07:37","slug":"there-are-still-gentlemen-in-the-domain-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/there-are-still-gentlemen-in-the-domain-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"There are still Gentlemen in the Domain Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent incident that quietly unfolded on the popular domain forum, DNForum.com involved the following protagonists:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>A seller eager to let go of a premium domain for a low price<\/li>\n<li>A buyer #1 who recognizes good deals<\/li>\n<li>A buyer #2 who silently bought the domain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I cannot reveal all the names, but the buyer #1 is me. The seller listed a premium, aged dot com for sale at a surprisingly low price. For a pre-2000 domain, it was a non-brainer.<\/p>\n<p>Following the seller&#8217;s instructions, I posted &#8216;Sold&#8217; in the thread and waited for a private message instructing about payment.<\/p>\n<p>The next day I received a message from the seller, that he had sold the domain to a buyer who messaged him privately before I did. He also mentioned the name of the buyer.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m very particular about the rules of the game and I don&#8217;t break them. Since I was the first one to post &#8216;Sold&#8217; as instructed, I had full intention to publicly denounce the seller&#8217;s lack of following his own rules.<\/p>\n<p>However, I decided to contact the new owner first. He responded that the domain was indeed in his possession, as he had paid for it already.<\/p>\n<p>What came next was clearly a surprise for me.<\/p>\n<p>The buyer told me that if I wanted the domain for the same price plus the PayPal fees, I could have it. He graciously offered this clearly undervalued domain name without asking questions, simply because he felt that I wanted it more.<\/p>\n<p>I jumped on the opportunity and agreed to buy it from him; in the process I paid an extra 25% for the purchase to show my gratitude.<\/p>\n<p>The buyer&#8217;s gesture was extremely noble and characteristic of a gentleman. I appreciate people who display a lack of selfishness and I often strive to act the same way. In a world of faceless electronic communication, such acts are the exceptions to the rule.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Vincent; you&#8217;re one true Gentleman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent incident that quietly unfolded on the popular domain forum, DNForum.com involved the following protagonists: A seller eager to let go of a premium domain for a low price A buyer #1 who recognizes good deals A buyer #2 who silently bought the domain I cannot reveal all the names, but the buyer #1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domains","category-social-issues","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>There are still Gentlemen in the Domain Industry - 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