Talking about those ridiculous buyout offers you get once in a while… Below is just an example of how absolutely ridiculous negotiations and things can get. This was a very recent e-mail exchange I had with a buyer for PragueCzechRepublic.com. I was offered cash, 100+ domains, etc.. But it didn’t work out so well at the end.

Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010

From: Jody Misher

To: Mike Cohen

Subject: PragueCzechRepublic.com, BlackPeopleJokes.com, CaughtPeeing.com

Hello

Sorry you did not meet your price expectations on these.

Just wanted to let you know my high offer for this bunch was $500.

Take Care,

Jody

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Hi Jody,

Blackpeoplejokes.com + caughtpeeing.com = $250

….and it’s all yours.

Mike

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I’m really only interested in the Prague one but you seem to be pretty attached to that one.

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Jody,

You can have it for $4500. That is the best I can do.

All the best,

Mike

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Sorry just at $500 in this market.

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Add another zero to your offer and we’ll even help you with the development of this one

Cheers,

Mike

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You might be asking if I want it for one less zero 6 months from now =)

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Yes, in this market… I may even have trouble giving away this one for free to somebody. Travel is on the decline and dot com’s, well… Forget about em… They are worth less than nothing

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i can put a bid in at sedo.com if you want and we can see what the market price is. youll have to pay commission too though.

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i know your would sell less then $4000 but ill just cut to the chase.

this would be my best offer $700 and all the names listed below. honestly dont think you can get a better offer then that. let me know today if thats something you like.

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I recognize many of these from our www.domainstryker.com lists… You’ve had them listed in the snapnames’ auctions for a while now :0

The best I can do is $4500. I’ve received numerous offers for this domain and really, I am in no rush to sell anything.

This bido auctions this week was just an experiment really to see where the market is on $xxx and $x,xxx domains.

I am working on Doughmains.com right now.. My next project

If you want to make a deal at $4500, lets do it… and we’ll even help you develop this one.

Appreciate the trade offer but going to have to pass.

All the best,

Mike

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Do you want to buy those nets cheap?

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Nope. I have way too many domains as is…

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take 6 for blackpeoplejokes, 10 for caughtpeeing?

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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010
From: Mike Cohen
To: Jody Misher
Subject: RE: PragueCzechRepublic.com, BlackPeopleJokes.com, CaughtPeeing.com

I have no interest in any of those domains… If I did, I’d bid on them at snapnames.

I still buy way too many domains week in and week out than what I sell. I get literally hundreds of absolute STEALS falling into my lap with www.domainstryker.com

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So all in all it took about 7 or 8 e-mails but a deal was never reached. Time wasted… Big time. This “Jody H. Misher” is a real character as you can see. Even worse, she approached me few weeks later once again on a domain forum in regards to the purchase of a different domain name and started screwing around. Totally unprofessional and frankly damn stupid.

I am surprised she didn’t offer to come over  my house and suck my dick in exchange for a domain or something…. You never know! Heh. I kept my cool though, first time around. As you can see from my e-mail responses above.

Second time around though, while we were communicating on the forum, I wasn’t that nice… When I realized that I was dealing with the same person once again, I told them straight up to “fuck off” and never contact me again.

But what’s the lesson to be learned from all of this? I don’t know… Maybe that there is a lot of morons in this domain business? Yup. That’s it. You just gotta be more selective nowadays in who you respond to and deal with. Do your research as well. Dig up that info. It’s important to always do your homework.