[Konversation-devel] konversation.org Domain

[Ivor Hewitt]

Eike Hein wrote:

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> Hi guys,
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> as argonel noticed about two weeks ago, konversation.org
> has been snatched up by someone else and is now sold via
> a German domain trading outfit called "Sedo".
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> Being interested in the domain, I bid for it - the
> minimum bid of $60, initially. To my surprise, unlike
> most such companies, they actually do seem to be
> interested in facilitating domain trade - I received
> a return bid, now $150.
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> $150 is way too much, so I again issued a $60 offer.
> They now propose $95 and call that their final offer.
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> So ... do we care enough to pay $95? I don't have that
> money right now, so you guys would have to chime in and
> pay part of it.
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> I'd offer to administrate and maintain the domain after
> we bought it; I have nameservers to point it at our web-
> space. I'd also be fine with transferring control to
> psn or KDE, depending on how you want to handle things.
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> We have 7 days to react.
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> Here's a screenshot: http://www.eikehein.com/sedo.png
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Personally I'd say let them keep it.