{"id":2456,"date":"2012-07-16T11:09:33","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T15:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=2456"},"modified":"2012-07-16T11:11:30","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T15:11:30","slug":"bido-double-dipping-the-domain-auctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/bido-double-dipping-the-domain-auctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Bido: Double-dipping the domain auctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine bidding on an item on eBay and winning it, only to be told that it was sold on Craigslist. Essentially, you&#8217;re disclosing your bidding intentions to an unscrupulous seller that does not honor the policies of auction venues.<\/p>\n<p>This is the type of unethical behavior that ticks me off fully, and today I witnessed just that with a domain on auction at <a href=\"http:\/\/Bido.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bido.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With only a few minutes of bidding left and the domain in the low hundreds, I decided to do the obvious: type in the URL. Lo and behold, the GoDaddy parking page came up, showing that it&#8217;s listed for sale on GoDaddy auctions until the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, I honor my bids, but at this point I wished someone else took over the burden of dealing with a complicated situation, where the seller would still be tempted to accept higher offers made on TDNAM until the end of the month, and the new owner having to potentially wait it out until then.<\/p>\n<p>To my relief, some poor soul bid $50 more and the auction appears to have ended. At this point, I won&#8217;t disclose the domain, as I&#8217;m waiting to see if its ownership changes right away. Bido should really require that all its domain\u00a0 listings come clean of any other pending obligations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine bidding on an item on eBay and winning it, only to be told that it was sold on Craigslist. 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