Sorry to edit this out, guys...

[MrMastodonFarm]

Skeevy move buddy,.

[zamler]

Major dick move, I hope your competitor goes after you and drags your ass into court.

[Sliver]

Yeah, I edited out all my comments because I don't want to do this. I'm on hold with the company to try to back out of the purchase. Failing that, I'll just give the domain to my competitor. This isn't my thing at all.

[Sliver]

Aaaaand, my ownership is cancelled. Ahhhh, I feel so much better.

[Flacker]

Dogs are a fantastic judge of character.

[HELPNEEDED]

What a dogs breakfast this thread is.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Sliver's had a ruff morning

[zamler]

I'm amazed you would take business advice from random people on a forum.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by zamler

I'm amazed you would take business advice from random people on a forum.

Or not know right away what a dirt bag move it was.

[Swarly]

I don't think this is underhanded or dirty pool at all. By now companies/entrepreneurs should know to register a domain, it is one of the most important things in setting up a business even if it is basic and mostly just lists other contact info, if they don't you can do whatever you want with the site.

Have a friend buy it and put up some random sh*t, i'm thinking like the homepages we used to make 12 years ago, random gif's, cool text, flashing seizure-causing backgrounds. If they ever do come after you (your friend?), which I doubt they know enough to ever find the person who owns the site seeing as they are in this situation now, it should be a simple matter of handing ownership of the site to them.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by zamler

I'm amazed you would take business advice from random people on a forum.

Well I solicited other opinions, but ultimately went the direction I felt most comfortable. Isn't that basically what discussion forums are about?

[JonDuke]

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[gargamel]

Originally Posted by zamler

I'm amazed you would take business advice from random people on a forum.

He'd have been fine taking advice from random people if he'd waited 6 minutes from his original post to act instead of 5 minutes. Oh well, no harm no foul.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Swarly

I don't think this is underhanded or dirty pool at all. By now companies/entrepreneurs should know to register a domain, it is one of the most important things in setting up a business even if it is basic and mostly just lists other contact info, if they don't you can do whatever you want with the site.

Have a friend buy it and put up some random sh*t, i'm thinking like the homepages we used to make 12 years ago, random gif's, cool text, flashing seizure-causing backgrounds. If they ever do come after you (your friend?), which I doubt they know enough to ever find the person who owns the site seeing as they are in this situation now, it should be a simple matter of handing ownership of the site to them.

You may not be wrong.

I'd rather compete with this guy on quality, service, price, range of products, etc., though. Taking advantage of his lack of Internet savy is a bit more predatory than I was comfortable doing.

[zamler]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Well I solicited other opinions, but ultimately went the direction I felt most comfortable. Isn't that basically what discussion forums are about?

Next time find out what is actually legal, not to mention decent business practice. Yea I'm being hard on you but damn, I though someone running a business would have more sense.

Originally Posted by Sliver

You may not be wrong.

I'd rather compete with this guy on quality, service, price, range of products, etc., though. Taking advantage of his lack of Internet savy is a bit more predatory than I was comfortable doing.

Exactly. But I'm glad you came to your senses that's what matters.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by zamler

Next time find out what is actually legal, not to mention decent business practice. Yea I'm being hard on you but damn, I though someone running a business would have more sense.

Meh, I had a moment of weakness, but I corrected it within minutes. There are certainly a lot of people that run their business in such a way that they would feel no guilt about taking those URLs. I'm glad to know I'm not one of them. Doesn't hurt to test your limits now and then, I suppose.

[topfiverecords]

I wish I knew what your business was so I could be sure to deal with your competitor instead.

[MoneyGuy]

Gee, I'm sorry I missed the original post before it was removed.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

Gee, I'm sorry I missed the original post before it was removed.

Yeah, maybe I shouldn't have removed it.

Coles Notes:

I noticed a competitor hadn't registered his domain name (.com and .ca). I bought them, felt guilty, so cancelled my purchase all in the span of minutes.

[RedMileDJ]

I would have kept it. It's your competition. Anything you can do to get ahead of them is only a good thing for you. You don't get too far being nice. Very cut throat out there.

Edit: if your competition is dumb enough to not get the domain, in the first place, they aren't much of a competition.