I’d say all ‘bets are off’ - as the domain didn’t actually sell via Sedo. Or, if you can verify that it was sold via the BIN price on the forums, use that amount as the winning amount.

bastards! isn’t there something in their use policy that says that someone can pull an auction or every bid is bonded after going in. Then what’s to stop me from dropping my domain in there and pulling it if I don’t get enough for it.

What would you do with perfume.org anyways, man? i cant think of an affilaites out there selling perfume online in bulk. SRSLY

Well that sucks. I was looking forward to seeing what you were going to do with it. (I had a feeling that you might have been bidding on it :D)

That sucks. Buying used domains can be a total pain. It’s about the only way to get a good name anymore though.

Well congrats on winning it and losing it Shoe, talk about domaining i am in your newb shoes too. Lol

Sedo… this post cracked me up.

SEDO have some extremely bad business practices if you get down to it.

Looking forward to your next comp!

I think I should win, only because I say so. Then, in return, I need to buy something from Amazon that YOU recommend, and I’ll have to provide my unbiased review of it. Think of it as… reinvesting $25 for a product review that you can slap some affiliate links on to make into MORE money.

[...] Unfortunately SEDO canceled the auction for the domain because it was sold on DNForum in the meantime. It doesn’t even sound like the [...]

Sedo sucks.

Spend a little time around NamePros or DNForum, you’ll see quite a few people saying the same.

I think I should win because although it went for 0 and I said $4,500 which wasn’t the lowest probably either. I should win anyway. Just because… I sort of… want to win like. So… yeh.

At least now the rest of us can be more wary when considering where to bid for domain names. It seems to me that there must be a more dependable way to ensure that you are working with a legit company that won’t pull this type of stuff. Better luck next time!

[...] M. Tye Comer wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptSo I just got a call from sedo.com reguarding the perfume.org auction. (guess who was the top bidder ya it was me). They said they apologize but they are going to have to cancel the auction on perfume.org. Here is what the dude told me. … [...]

Thats crazy man I was getting ready to bid on it as i could pass it up on sedo.

Can’t you contact the seller, and buy the domain from him?

What was the BIN price? Can you tell us your bid?

I don’t see what SEDO could do in this situation. The owner has control of the domain. They can’t force the owner to sell it unless the domain was transferred to them, like using escrow. SEDO is a good company. And this is a tough situation.

Dnforum contacted sedo and had them remove or cancel the auction.

Was it Dnforum or the user on Dnforum who cancelled the auction? It seems a bit strange dfn acting on the users behalf

I was going to bump it up to 3 g’s before end of day. Then thought of how high I would actually go. I guess someone got it at the $24,000 buy it now. I wouldn’t have gone that high.

I got the same call from a guy named Brian. I had placed a bid as well, so I guess they contacted all the bidders.

What a joke but not much Sedo can do right? What happens on eBay? Same thing…

DP + sitepoint > sedo.

Well I think it is good since the seller had kind of deal with DNforum when he put price there… But on the other hand I would like to get also as much as possible and I think Sedo would get more money for him.

Wow sedo sucks. No way they should have canceled a no reserve auction.

I have a few domains parked at sedo. I don’t know where else to park it.

that really sucks Jeremy

“called me 2x to clarify exactly what happened” … they were scared, and they should be !

[...] unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptSo I just got a call from sedo.com reguarding the perfume.org auction. (guess who was the top bidder ya it was me). They said they apologize but they are going to have to cancel the auction on perfume.org. Here is what the dude told me. … [...]

I recently had the pleasure of purchasing a domain listed at Sedo. The seller accepted my bid and then Sedo took the money from me via Paypal. Two days later Sedo emailed me to say that the seller wasnt the registered owner of the domain so the sale couldnt go through.
Then it took a full month for me to get my money back from Sedo, when all it really takes is to click the refund button in Paypal.

[...] then I am guessing they would for sure take it down if the seller requested w… source: Sedo Not The Company I thought it was Perfume.org canceled, Shoemoney - Skills To Pay The [...]

No one wins because even 1$ is more than 0 and you said that the winner is who the nearest amount but not more than the amount paid. Ok. my english is bad so:
$amount_paid = $_GET['amount'];
$guess = …;
$winner = 0;
while ($guess as $gu => $i) {
if ($gu $winner)
$winner = $gu;
}

Ok. maybe it’s not a correct PHP syntax but I’m so bored that I wanted to post it without checking.

I was gonna guess $27000, did I win?

This is too bad. This is unprofessional on the part of Sedo.
I just hope I dont face any problems while selling my domains. I have a few domains up for sale on Sedo.

Wow this reminds me sorta of my experience with Milliondollarwiki. Got shafted out of a page even though I bought it first.

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showpost.php?p=4475357&postcount=8

“Non si piange sul latte versato ” an Italian would say

I agree with Robert G, this isn’t Sedo’s fault, I think they went out of their way to help clear things up, they don’t have the authority to force a transfer of the domain to someone else, seems like the seller and dnforum are the bad guys here, not Sedo.

It sounds like Sedo didn’t know everything about the seller’s activities with the domain.

Outside the auction space, just selling a domain at Sedo is not a binding commitment. You are not required to sell the domain. Some folks put domains for sale just to see at what level the fish will bite.

Hey, at least they told you what happened and you got a free education. They could have just as easily told you that the seller removed the domain from the auction and it is no longer available.

So my somewhat jokingly “$1 bob” comment was right?!?

Sedo can suck both ways. and it wasn’t even for very much, but repeated attempts to contact the buyer went unanswered. I thought these things were supposed to be legally bound? Obviously not.
>.

Sedo has yet to impress me. Sure, they have a huge database of high-quality domains, but what’s that worth when they make stupid mistakes like this. I have (and never will) sell my domains on Sedo… I hate the idea that Sedo charges 10% for doing nothing.

I’m wondering why it’s back up for sale on Sedo. Doesn’t make any sense if it sold for that $24,000 bin (unless the buyer is already trying a resell).

Any updates on this issue with sedo?

I have recently started domaining a lot … Have already got some good domains with GREAT age and authority …
What do you think should be the value of Etextiles.com ?

That’s a shame - it would have been nice to see how much it would have made.

Beauty Girl - Etextiles is not a bad domain - at least it’s quite easy to remember - but I did read that 8 letters or less is more valuable. Anyway - I suck at choosing domains so I’m probably not the best person to ask.

Agreed, Sedo play funny buggers all the time.

i saw the domain name bitched.net for sale on sedo. that is a pretty good name for a new blog. you should pick that one up.

as a buyer, we always hoped to get a good deal.
at sedo, when we trying to purchase domain even with listed fixed price there, as long as seller dont like the price at that moment, he can still reject. nothing can be done about that and sedo cant really enforce anything. buyer will feel frustrated.
unless there is some sort of contract which states, once price reached a certain reserve, it cannot be withdrawn and must be sold…

they just wanted you to blog about it?

today… sedo announce ” last mobi aution ” void before of their server problem

and I wonder what will be their next move