So now I have no right of reply other than, "Oh well... these things happen".
I must remember that one - "an employee added this to domain to Net Fleet by accident without authorisation... oops, sorry".
I must remember that for future reference.
Definitely sucks.
This seller just took a dump on the "integrity of this domain name marketplace". Surely some sort of punitive action is required fellas, to prevent more of this crap happening.
Having looked at the situation, and taking in to account that the seller is a contributing member of this forum, been a client of Netfleet for more than 2 years, has both bought and sold domains, and we have never had any issues reported, I feel in this instance I have to give them the benefit of doubt and accept their apologies.
We do and always will ban clients who compromise the integrity of the platform - in this instance, IMHO I think the seller made an innocent mistake.
Even if action isn't taken against this individual in pursuit of the domain the buyer should have the right to notify the rest of the community of this sellers lack of integrity via some ebay style sellers rep mechanism.
At least that way the seller has the decision to either sell the domain and keep his reputation and change his business operations so mistakes don't happen again or he can tell the buyer to jam it and he can lose his reputation as a result.
I think it would also help to know when you are offering to buy a domain if that domain owner is someone who is actively buying and selling domains or is they are the register and hope the BIG pay day that is never coming type of domain owner (I hate wasting my time with the later).
Not to mention that it would also be nice to see that a buyer actually has a history of parting with money to buy a domain (I hate wasting time with people that don't understand domains and also don't want to part with their money when it comes to business time).
But what has got me riled up is the initial comment that K77 received.
"Sorry, I didn't really want to sell it...no deal".
That doesn't sound like a mistake to me.
Yeah that sounds dodgy...
Just out of curiosity, there are domains listed on Netfleet that I've purchased directly but haven't been removed by the seller. What's the normal protocol here?
This actually happened to me the other day!
I have previously sold some domains via the NF AMA which were completed a couple of months ago. Anyway I got an offer on one of them (for about twice what I sold it for - of course...
) but then I realised "oh shit NF doesn't even automatically remove listings it sells via it's AMA" worst thing was that I also had a target price on the domain as well that the buyer wasn't a HUGE amount away from luckily I was able to remove the listing along with the other domains I have sold via the NF AMA.
So NF you might want to do a quick check of all the domains sold via your AMA to make sure they are not still listed (at least not listed by the original seller).
What if a listing had a 12 month shelf life? After 12 months you get an email notification saying the listing has ended "Relist here".
Good idea, though I'd think even a shorter time frame could be appropriate - maybe every 6 or even every 3 months owners should have to reconfirm.
I think this would also help buyers to know that all the domains on the site are ACTIVELY being sold. I know in the past I have placed bids that just expire - and part of me wonders if the owner even got the email...
