Issue with Directnic!

[Raven]

Originally Posted by xenigo

Yes it's possible. Also possible to get hit by a meteor and zapped into galactic dust on my way to the office in the morning.

Seriously?

There was a domain that I thought would never, in a million years, be available...and to my surprise it was...and then there are domains that I thought no one would even want...and they were taken....so, not only is it possible....it's more than likely probable....and this is not to defend DirectNic, although I don't think they even need defending...

[sarettah]

Just to add my two cents.

There have been times that I have been looking up domains and one has shown as available that I knew for sure was not available and when I went to buy it, sure as hell it was taken.

So, there is always a possibility that in the wonderful world of dns and registrars that the domain was showing available when it really wasn't.

Like Mike said, a quick lookup of whois will probably show what happened.

[xenigo]

Originally Posted by sarettah

Just to add my two cents.

There have been times that I have been looking up domains and one has shown as available that I knew for sure was not available and when I went to buy it, sure as hell it was taken.

So, there is always a possibility that in the wonderful world of dns and registrars that the domain was showing available when it really wasn't.

Like Mike said, a quick lookup of whois will probably show what happened.

I clicked on the guy's "Buy this Domain" link on the SE spam page he put up, and he wants $500 for it. It was definitely available when I queried for it originally.
Updated Date: 13-apr-2006
Creation Date: 13-apr-2006
Expiration Date: 13-apr-2007

[Mike AI]

Originally Posted by xenigo

I clicked on the guy's "Buy this Domain" link on the SE spam page he put up, and he wants $500 for it. It was definitely available when I queried for it originally.
Updated Date: 13-apr-2006
Creation Date: 13-apr-2006
Expiration Date: 13-apr-2007

Come on, something seems shady about you not posting the domain so we can see what is going on.

You mention "he wants $500 for it." Who is he? Did you talk to him voice? Through e-mail?

Are you satisfied that is was not directNIC who is at fault?