So here's the deal. A few weeks ago I came across a very nice 4 letter .nl domain. It's an existing word and it's a huge restaurant chain over here in Holland.
I emailed the host who owned the domain saying I was interested to buy the domain, since it hadn't been updated in a few years. I asked them if they could forward my email to the owner.
A few days later they reply saying they can move the domain to me for the reg fee + some administration cost. Obviously I was exited.
Yesterday night I get an email from the previous owner asking how the hell I got his domain. He now claims the host made a "mistake" but are ignoring his tickets and requests to solve the issue. I haven't heard from the host yet either.
He's asking (very politely and genuine) if I could return the domain name to him.
Now, I'm a very ethical and standup guy, but I don't see how a host can screw up something like this? I mean, if he paid for the domain, it's his. If he hasn't paid, tough luck, you lost your domain. But for some reason they're not responding.
The domain is very solid and I can probably sell it for a nice amount. Nothing like $xx,xxx but still a good ROI.
How would you deal with this? Ask the host for some kind of settlement? This ain't America unfortunately, I can't go ahead and sue them for their fuck ups and make some money while I'm at it
