Godaddy is evil
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I looked up a few domain names for a client earlier today on godaddy. I sent the client a .com address that was free. The client just tried to register that domain and low and behold it's already taken, by godaddy. :mad: Of all the chicken s&%t moves a registrar could do. If you're ever looking for a domain, avoid them like the plague.
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I looked up a few domain names for a client earlier today on godaddy. I sent the client a .com address that was free. The client just tried to register that domain and low and behold it's already taken, by godaddy. :mad: Of all the chicken s&%t moves a registrar could do. If you're ever looking for a domain, avoid them like the plague.
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May not be what you think. Do a WHOIS search and see how long the domain has been registered. Often, a domain will expire and the registrar will take ownership of it (e.g., GoDaddy in this case). And sometimes a search for a domain on GoDaddy will produce an apparently free domain, but you will find out later it has been registered for years. This happened to me before. I tried to register some very appealing domain names, and GoDaddy let me purchase them, but in the confirmation email they said the registration failed because the domains were already taken. I'm not sure why it happens, but it does happen on occasion (I've seen it around five times or so). Otherwise, yes, GoDaddy is evil.
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I looked up a few domain names for a client earlier today on godaddy. I sent the client a .com address that was free. The client just tried to register that domain and low and behold it's already taken, by godaddy. :mad: Of all the chicken s&%t moves a registrar could do. If you're ever looking for a domain, avoid them like the plague.
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Was that your first clue? :rolleyes:
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I looked up a few domain names for a client earlier today on godaddy. I sent the client a .com address that was free. The client just tried to register that domain and low and behold it's already taken, by godaddy. :mad: Of all the chicken s&%t moves a registrar could do. If you're ever looking for a domain, avoid them like the plague.
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Yes. I too have some experiences with GoDaddy. But unfortunately after buuying th eproduct. Cases are like this. 1) They cannot scan my site directory in case site is down due to infection. 2) They are billing my Credit card with out my notice for renewals etc. This is really lika a plaque.
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I looked up a few domain names for a client earlier today on godaddy. I sent the client a .com address that was free. The client just tried to register that domain and low and behold it's already taken, by godaddy. :mad: Of all the chicken s&%t moves a registrar could do. If you're ever looking for a domain, avoid them like the plague.
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Why is it that everyone hates capitalism, but also hate people who hate capitalism?
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Why is it that everyone hates capitalism, but also hate people who hate capitalism?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
I hate people who hate people who hate capitalism!?
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Why is it that everyone hates capitalism, but also hate people who hate capitalism?
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I looked up a few domain names for a client earlier today on godaddy. I sent the client a .com address that was free. The client just tried to register that domain and low and behold it's already taken, by godaddy. :mad: Of all the chicken s&%t moves a registrar could do. If you're ever looking for a domain, avoid them like the plague.
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i hate capitalisation
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i hate capitalisation
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I SHOUT AT PEOPLE WHO HATE CAPITALISATION!!!
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If i remember right the .com domain is never free but the info is if you buy the com domain. Maybe you should try again.
I think he meant 'free' as if available, not as if priced at $0.00 :)
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I looked up a few domain names for a client earlier today on godaddy. I sent the client a .com address that was free. The client just tried to register that domain and low and behold it's already taken, by godaddy. :mad: Of all the chicken s&%t moves a registrar could do. If you're ever looking for a domain, avoid them like the plague.
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How do you know that it's registered by GoDaddy, and not via GoDaddy? may be someone else got lucky...
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I looked up a few domain names for a client earlier today on godaddy. I sent the client a .com address that was free. The client just tried to register that domain and low and behold it's already taken, by godaddy. :mad: Of all the chicken s&%t moves a registrar could do. If you're ever looking for a domain, avoid them like the plague.
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Yes, it sucks doesn't it. So many opportunists out there. I read recently of a facebook plugin (or similar, don't ask me, I don't use it) which monitored what you typed into your browser, and if the domain didn't exist would send that information back to some central place. Presumably, they can then build up a list of domains that don't exist but people expect to exist or would have accidentally end up there and register them. That's the trouble with the internet. It used to be nice when the computer world was just developers, but now the rest of the filthy world has its fingers in it.
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How do you know that it's registered by GoDaddy, and not via GoDaddy? may be someone else got lucky...
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I would rate that as highly unlikely. The domain was never registered before near as I can tell by looking up the domain history on Domaintools.com and a few other sites. Then within 4 hours of me looking it just happened to be snatched up by somebody else dumb enough to use godaddy? I'm skeptical.
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I looked up a few domain names for a client earlier today on godaddy. I sent the client a .com address that was free. The client just tried to register that domain and low and behold it's already taken, by godaddy. :mad: Of all the chicken s&%t moves a registrar could do. If you're ever looking for a domain, avoid them like the plague.
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I have used GoDaddy for years. The rare time I have to call for help they have bent over backwards to fix mistakes even when I have done them and I only have a simple hosting account. My heavy stuff is with rackspace. Now, Networks Solutions was actually guilty of what you describe. GoDaddy? Hopefully just bad luck.
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Why is it that everyone hates capitalism, but also hate people who hate capitalism?
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I love capitalism, but this runs counter to that. We were going to buy the domain. And likely would have been foolish enough to do so through godaddy. However, we are not going to pay a ransom to godaddy for getting to it first. We are also shouting loudly about their crappy business practices that with luck may deter a few other people from using them.
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I love capitalism, but this runs counter to that. We were going to buy the domain. And likely would have been foolish enough to do so through godaddy. However, we are not going to pay a ransom to godaddy for getting to it first. We are also shouting loudly about their crappy business practices that with luck may deter a few other people from using them.
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thrakazog wrote:
I love capitalism, but this runs counter to that.
I'm afraid it doesn't. It perfectly follows the definition of capitalism. If no-one wants something, sell it cheap. If someone wants it, put the price up. Supply and demand. You created the demand, so the price of the supply went up.
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thrakazog wrote:
I love capitalism, but this runs counter to that.
I'm afraid it doesn't. It perfectly follows the definition of capitalism. If no-one wants something, sell it cheap. If someone wants it, put the price up. Supply and demand. You created the demand, so the price of the supply went up.
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So the business plan is as follows: 1. Screw with potential customer. 2. Lose any chance of a sale. 3. ??? 4. Profit. The goal of capitalism is to make large piles of money that you can roll around naked on. They are not making dime one here so for us at least I'd still say this runs counter. But I suppose it is possible that other people put up with this scheme and buy the domains from them at a jacked up price.
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Yes. I too have some experiences with GoDaddy. But unfortunately after buuying th eproduct. Cases are like this. 1) They cannot scan my site directory in case site is down due to infection. 2) They are billing my Credit card with out my notice for renewals etc. This is really lika a plaque.
chowdary2005 wrote:
plaque
So is that like the scum on your teeth or is it a commemorative tablet meant to be fixed to your wall?
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So the business plan is as follows: 1. Screw with potential customer. 2. Lose any chance of a sale. 3. ??? 4. Profit. The goal of capitalism is to make large piles of money that you can roll around naked on. They are not making dime one here so for us at least I'd still say this runs counter. But I suppose it is possible that other people put up with this scheme and buy the domains from them at a jacked up price.
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It's also possible that godaddy had nothing to do with it. As someone else said, do a whois search on the domain and find out to who and how long it's been registered. It's also possible that godaddy publishes a list of domain searches to some kobs who then squat on the most searched domains and their various .TLD variants.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
