Thread: 'halvarez' at Snapnames auctions uncovered

im waiting until after DomainFest. Lawyer says no rush...

Originally Posted by deb joeking "there's nothing worse than winning an auction you don't intend to win." well why did you bid $20,000?? why? . I think you miss understook what JoeKing meant, He was insinuating that poorman was ensuring he didn't win an auction that he didn't want to win. He is not claiming he didn't want to win it.

Originally Posted by coreyg Not all readers are Male. Some domainers are actually Female. Cheers Corey A girl can be a pal too.

Originally Posted by toptek I am a 100% sure that: 1) HAlvarez was not the only bidder name involved in bid shilling (there was also SnapWater for instance). It's that Rust Consulting devised a strategy to cut losses by acknowledging HAlvarez as the only shill bidder and then apply a whimsical rule where if there was another bidder topping HAlvarez (i.e. SnapNames and others) then they don't pay for HAlvarez-induced bid inflation....

Originally Posted by Samit Its the same the world over, steal a farthing or a loaf of bread and you're a thief and they used to deport people to Australia for that. Steal the wealth of an entire nation and they knight you and gave you land grants. Monarchies may be gone, the nexus between the big robber barons and the powers that be continue. I vote NO for deporting Brady to Australia! __________________ FSRX.com - DREZ.com - BBEE.com -...

Here is one on my list from earlier this year. It is a joke this was not caught sooner. FootComfort.com - Auction End Time: 16-Jul-2009 12:40 PDT halvarez - $801.00 Halvarez and another bidder took it from about $350 up. Let's take a look at the whois...shocker. Registrant [1848931]: Domain Admin domainqueue@gmail.com Domainqueue 2661 N Pearl St #255 Tacoma WA 98407 US Brad Originally Posted by gazzip [/COLOR]ps - Halvarez goes under...

Michael, nice find. It would be understandable to not renew a small percentage of domains won in auction but not to renew many or all goes beyond all reason. My hat off to you, that is good work. __________________ JesusChri.st .... ChristJes.us .... Arkans.as .... Wiscons.in .... Fig.ht ..... Debit-Card.us Interested? PM me!

More schill bidding at snapnames ???? I am currently in a closed 3 day bid for a domain that was sold at snapnames last year, the person that won the domain last year at snap is the only other person who is in the auction with me and he's bidding against me at this time. (same username at snap) As far as I can tell the domain was'nt a deleting one as it still shows the original reg date from a few years ago and is registered until...

Originally Posted by joeking You are absolutely correct about 'outing' innocent people. I was assuming that the name poorman was an alias. * True, but even aliases can be easy to figure out. If the other bidder beats you, wait a few days, and look the domain up, and, chances are, you will figure out who the bidder is--unless its a proxy registration or a third-party bidder. *

I have this suspicion that Brady will be very co-operative with federal authorities and that this is REALLY going to come back to destroy SnapNames and Oversee. Once someone like Brady is caught in such a situation, they will rat on everything that may have gone on within the organization. TT's post above and my new thoughts on the situation really have me considering my portfolio with Moniker.