I don't see any mention of Doug Gray, who was by a large margin the biggest of the pre-CIRA .CA players, with a bunch of shell companies to be able to claim top level .CA domains while the system was still at UBC. . -Tom
Yeah, Doug is a good guy. He's retired, sold off most of his stuff afaik, kept a few he's personally attached to.
Yes. Mr Douglas Gray was a pioneer indeed. He had several good quality domains in his portfolio which when he tried to liquidate was able to pick up from him directly. He was a great person and had no ego. And yes I remember those she’ll companies (numbered BC corporations) that held them. Great memories. Had to sacrifice everything I had then to own a little share of his portfolio.
Final Call: WHC Domain Auctions Closing Soon! 
Auctions start closing at 1 PM (ET).Domains | Next Bid | # of Bids |
| thelearningexchange.ca | C$600 | 4 |
| navcentre.ca | C$100 | 3 |
| nfe.ca | C$60 | 11 |
Auctions Ending Soon | SPJ.ca | 1h 3m | Auction | $313.00 | 14 | Bid Now |
| SEOConsulting.ca | 1h 3m | Auction | $38.88 | 4 | Bid Now |
| SmartGadgets.ca | 1h 3m | Auction | $38.88 | 4 | Bid Now |
| Timi.ca | 1h 3m | Auction | $38.88 | 4 | Bid Now |
| casinonetwork.ca | 1h 3m | Auction | $18.88 | 2 | Bid Now |
| workhard.ca | 1h 3m | Auction | $18.88 | 2 | Bid Now |
Sorry, no. Last and winning bid on pri.ca was 7am on Nov 9th. Not sure why you think it was sniped...So it looks like someone stupidly tried to snipe PRI (it's at $500), so I guess that means another 24 hours added on?
It says "finished" but it's going to be restarted, right? Or did BM change their procedures?
@bmetal
Is this a time penalty, i.e. adding time to the auction, or something else?
We just extend the auction by 24 hours. It's a consequence of the "sell at 2nd highest bid" sale price/model. If you throw in a bid at the last second, you know you won't have to pay it (either you won't win, or you'd win at the lower bid's price).
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