http://www.tebl...vos/teverde.htm

http://www.tebl...vos/teverde.htm

if someone wishes to contact me,
aergis if my account name, at google’s mail, gmail com, as i may not be checking this thread here
tnx

I could find it easier to complain, but…congratulations instead.

You don’t offer value

Maybe they don’t offer value to you and some people. But if they offer value to other people, then that’s all there is to it.

And it’s fine you don’t like them, and they don’t like you. You’re both equal.

Is their really nothing the congress could do about it?

U.S. Congress making a law over a country-code extension they don’t control, much more if one can’t show how it can cause harm? Please, they’ve got better things to do using taxpayer money than that.

As for Jason who started this string, WATCH.ME, the subject of the thread, was RESERVED by the registry as premium name.
It’s been reserved and on the list for months.

(you can see the list here http://www.dome...30;.._Names.pdf).

You never had a chance at registering it on the 17th.

As for other false registrations, this happens every open registration period with every registrar… everyone tries for the same names at the exact same time. I got some of mine kicked back- some because I was beaten to it, others because they were names people had landrush apps in on, and the registry didn’t kick back a “sorry, that’s not available as it is held for auction” (even though whois still shows “no results.”

I was mad like you, until I checked and saw they were headed to auction, because people put in landrush apps…. as I should have.

As for LLL, there are still plenty available. I got some today. And check out ### too. Plenty left.

I understand your frustration, Jason, but do some research before you post please.

They have been reserved and on the list for months (you can see the list http://www.dome...emium_Names.pdf). You never had a chance at registering them, as they are planned to be released as premium auctions months from now.

As for other false registrations, this happens every openregistration with every registrar… everyone tries for the same names at the same time.

As for LLL, there are still plenty available. I got some today. And check out ### too.

I understand your frustration, but do some research before you post please.

Bottom line: I am willing to spend about $9,000 on the .me domain, maybe more. and if you would like to discuss it with me in private, please email aupusher@gmail.com.

And thank you to the author of this article for giving me this opportunity.

Let’s clear one thing up. These are speculators, not always squatters. Squatting is when they are sitting on a trademark that is being infringed upon.

But to throw the ’squatting’ term at anyone that has a domain that’s not currently developed is like getting mad at a guy that got a great deal on a vintage car but decides not to drive it.

Should someone take that car away from him?

It’s whiny jealousy.

Lot’s of speculators, including myself, actually have a plan to develop the domains they register. Occasionally parking them and putting them up for sale in the downtime between registration and development. But be clear about this. Many of these domains are on my list to build, and do get built. Sometimes for my clients, sometimes for our own portfolio. Sometimes, even for sale as whole websites…

But if someone comes along before they are developed and makes an offer that I feel might justify selling it rather than developing it, yes, I am open to doing just that.

To all the ‘they should take those away from those squatters’ crowd, stop sitting on the sidelines wishing you could learn to play and get in the game.