Hi George,
Verisign is in deep shit and they know it. They are hoping to find a
putz or 2 with more ca$h than brains to help keep them in business a couple
days longer... :o) And chances are they will find more than just a
couple.... ;o>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "George Kirikos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 3:57 PM
Subject: Verisign now auctioning off dot-cc names on eBay
> Hello,
>
> I've not seen this mentioned before, but they're now auctioning off .cc
> names. It had previously been noted that they were auctioning off .bz
> names. See their store at:
>
> http://www.ebaystores.com/id=47260199
>
> Is this the future of dot-com?
>
> Chuck Gomes had written at:
>
> http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga/Arc10/msg02298.html
>
> "How does a consumer find the choices? What will the consumer have to
> pay if he/she is successful? How easy is it?"
>
> Well, I went to http://www.nic.cc, and typed in "games" and was told
> that games.cc was already taken. Hmmm. Not finding a "back order this
> domain" button, I looked for the WHOIS...
>
> http://www.nic.cc/cgi-bin/whois?domain=games.cc
>
> Domain Name: games.cc
> Creation Date: 10-12-1997
> Expiration Date: 10-12-2007
>
> Not very much detail. If I wanted to buy the name, can't really contact
> the current owner....
>
> So, let's see if there's a webpage. I went to http://www.games.cc and
> just see an under construction page -- there is an email to
> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", though....perhaps someone will reply....
>
> No link to the eBay auction, nada, which is at:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2033366154
>
> Only $25,000 opening bid! Who knows what the reserve is...
>
> I'm glad that Verisign is out there protecting consumers from
> speculators.... ;) Who are the real speculators out there, Chuck?
>
> I think I'll keep my http://Games.org/ instead. :)
>
> Sincerely,
>
> George Kirikos
> http://www.kirikos.com/
>
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