Brent Oxley, Hostgator Owner in some trouble! (3 Viewing)

MapleDots said:
I am trying to get a response from namespro.com (not namepoos.com) as well to see what their response is.

[notify]Nafti[/notify] I think you have contacts there, could you send them a link to here?

I will email them to see if they want to join here and chime in.
 
DomainRecap said:
GoDaddy is to India as the NBA is to China.

That's why Paul at GD doesn't actually say anything concrete on Twitter and he's just gabbering to quiet the masses because of the enormous amount of Indian money at stake.

After all, it's not like GD has been holding these domains hostage for over a year. It hits online and suddenly GD is "very concerned" about it and is looking for "solutions".

Good points here.

And isn't Oxley a competitor of GD? I don't think I've seen anyone bring this up aspect yet, perhaps because it's a serious accusation to make, but doesn't this kind of add another level of shadyness to this whole ordeal?
 
MapleDots said:
It would be interesting to get a Canadian Registrars perspective on this

I would always advocate using a Canadian registrar’s services when domaining in Canada or registering .CA domains, over using similar services from an international provider.

One reason for this is jurisdiction. Having your provider operate within the same legal framework as your own business makes sense and will generally ensure that issues similar to the ones described in this post are avoided or at least easier to respond to, should they occur.

From what I know (and this is without having consulted our legal team, and without myself being a lawyer), WHC will respond to court orders that are valid in Canada, or requests from registries that follow their Domain Resolution Process (UDRP for ICANN or CDRP for CIRA; which I invite any serious domainer to familiarize themselves with).

We have and will continue to turn down requests that do not follow due process or have not been approved by a Canadian court (or the bodies designated for this by each registry), and conversely we’ll also act diligently to collaborate with law enforcement when their requests are backed by a valid court order.
 
Has anyone asked GoDaddy exactly what their agreement with India entails, as that country is well-known for the crazy demands on registrars - they require registrars selling in India to not allow certain words and phrases in any domain registrations as a condition of entry, so it would be no surprise to find out that a "lock domains at the first notification of a Indian court action" would be in the GoDaddy contract.

Domain investors must absolutely reject globalism and embrace nationalism, otherwise Brent's scenario will become all-too common.
 
More from Oxley, posted on NPs ~10 mins ago:

Last night I finished going through 2,000+ emails from Puneet, most of which is spam and took 50+ screenshots that I zipped up for you all and attached to this post.

The majority of Puneet's threats, mutilated body images, and prostitution discussions took place on Facebook messenger. If needed, I'll waste another day of my life organizing that for an upload.

These emails are proof that there are no contracts, Puneet was paid fair compensation on the very same names that are locked down, and that he is, in fact, the one that stole from me on multiple occasions.

I've purchased domains from just about every major broker in the industry and receive 100's of emails a day with thousands of domain names pitched. The first correspondence I had with Puneet pitching domains was on 3/24/2018. I made the mistake of being kind and responding, which eventually led to a few deals getting done. This email, too, can be found in the attachment.

I'm still waiting for Godaddy to explain why they locked Create.com, especially when considering that I purchased it in August of 2015, and it wasn't until years later Puenet and I met! But then again, Puneet doesn't seem to need to have any proof on having my domains locked down at Godaddy! Puneet is even in this forum claiming that he's aware of Godaddy's CEO Aman's personal phone calls and emails that he receives, and here I am with a $10mm+ portfolio locked down for over a year, and I still can't get him to reach out to me!

barybadrinath said: ↑
2) you called and emailed ceo of godaddy many times but he avoided you as you are a very big jerk.



In the beginning, Puneet did a good job at finding deals and came off as trustworthy; as time goes by in these emails, you can begin to see his brain seem to melt away.

I'm convinced that he's either bipolar or has schizophrenia which is most likely why he was stalking Prime Minister Modi. (the president of India) One theory I have on his rapid decline is possible drug abuse due to the newfound money flow.

I was concerned about his well-being and even discussed him getting medical treatment with his wife when she reached out to me about him being crazy.

Puneet stole $30,980 USD from me on a transaction that involved memo.com, piano.com, and flute.com. You will see a chat from Puneet talking to escrow.com chat support in the attached files, asking them to change funding to me. You will also see an email from him in which it's agreed that this is my money and that he'll wire it back. In a later Facebook chat, I offered to use this commission to purchase Indian domains to be held in my account, and, in turn, he and I would split futures profits from the sale of these Indian domains 50/50. We already had the seller cancel one escrow transaction, and we didn't want to risk the whole deal being canceled by starting escrow over with corrected payment details. Most of these deals you'll find were from 2018 when I was new to domaining as a business and before domain valuations skyrocketed.

Puneet received this wire, as proven by the included escrow transaction. He eventually tells me that he spent all the money on prostitutes, drugs, alcohol, and loans. The money was gone, and as reimbursement, Puneet offered to work it off in future deals. I was not happy, and this was the big turning point for the relationship.

I was left with little choice but to take him up on this offer and hope that he could deliver. Big mistake! In hindsight, it's clear that I wasted $100,000's worth of my time, if not millions, with his games and insanity. Even worse, there's no telling how many opportunities I lost from him pissing off sellers and all this drama that has locked $10mm+ worth of my domains. Losing the money would have been one thing but never in a million years would I expect Godaddy to lock my names down without a court order, siding with a scammer, and refusing to look at the evidence or hear my side of the story.

How Puneet got my credit card....

Puneet had a few domains about to expire within his Godaddy account and requested that I renew them as payment for a deal.

I renewed what was in the cart and quickly discovered there was no way to delete the credit card from Godaddy's system. I contacted him to have him reach out to Godaddy to get the card removed.

I have multiple chats and emails to Puneet saying that he wasn't authorized to renew additional domains and told him to reach out to GoDaddy to remove my card. Puneet acknowledged this and even responded, saying that the card couldn't be charged again.

Months later, I looked at my credit card statement and discovered $10,000's of fraudulent charges from Godaddy. I wasn't 100% sure but had a good guess where they came from, Puneet!

I reached out to Puneet to ask him if he was the one that did the credit card fraud. Puneet at first ignored me, later denied it, and last confessed to doing so. I warned him that I would do a chargeback, giving him a chance to make it right with Godaddy, he couldn't, and I soon did a chargeback for the illegal charges.

It's unfortunate to say this, but from experience, I've found the people that you help most in life are the ones most likely to steal and stab you in the back. I've learned this the hard way over the years from this Puneet experience, my ex stealing, and even close former childhood friends stealing from me.

I apologize for taking so long to get this to you all. It was a big project, and with the wife and our 2nd baby boy being born recently, helping Mama came first.


Oxley also attached a zip file with 49 screesnshots as proof, which can be found/downloaded here: https://www.namepoos.com/threads/br...h-of-his-domains.1230431/page-33#post-8193385
 
Brent just dropped some bombs in the NP thread. 3 zip files worth of proof (Don't know what's in them, I didn't open them)

Brent also accused Puneet (the guy from India) of running up charges on his credit card. Brent renewed some of Puneet's domains in exchange of payment and apparently Puneet was able to see Brent credit card info at GoDaddy

Wild stuff complete with hookers, booze and drugs!
 
ps: He included two other zip files afterwards, with another 16 sceenshots/files, in a follow-up post.

I've considered posting all the screenshots here but it would be pretty lengthy. If you guys want me to post them anyway, just let me know.
 
Esdiel said:
More from Oxley, posted on NPs ~10 mins ago:

It's unfortunate to say this, but from experience, I've found the people that you help most in life are the ones most likely to steal and stab you in the back. I've learned this the hard way over the years from this Puneet experience, my ex stealing, and even close former childhood friends stealing from me.

This is very true, as these "close friends" have the emotional attachment and easy access to your assets. This situation reminds me a lot of reading this account of famed Star Wars collectors Stephen J. Sansweet and Philip Wise being robbed by a close friend of 18 years:

https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/movies/a26364375/star-wars-toy-theft/
 
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Well it’s great to see but I have to say it took far too long. But apparently GD has made changes to hopefully remedy possible future episodes like this.
Left them years ago and this incident certainly won’t get me back.
 
This was a terrible policy that only got changed because of the uproar in the aftermarket community. And brought to a head mainly because of the enormous values of the names involved. Many smaller investors have suffered over the years due to GD heavy handedness. Now they act contrite and ...“we listened”. If not for the value and Brent’s deep pockets this heavy handedness would still be going on with many small time investors having their domains locked and GD power tripping or ignoring their pleas of “Why is this happening “. I’m not ready to forgive and forget but I’m certainly happy Brent rightfully got control of his names back and hopefully life got a little easier going forward on the smaller players that were subjected to GD’s draconian measures.
@#$& GD
 
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Brent Oxley said:
After 14+ months of Godaddy holding my domains hostage and locking them without merit, they have been unlocked and safely transferred to Namecheap. I don't believe Godaddy would have ever have changed their policy if it wasn't for the community rallying to protest this injustice. Thank you all very much for your support and for helping to bring about change!

I now realize more than ever how vital the ICA is and what they're doing to protect our domain property rights in both Washington and throughout the domain industry! I highly recommend domainers to become a member of the ICA at https://www.internetcommerce.org/join/

My company Create.com has donated $50,000 to the ICA and is looking forward to becoming a member very soon. This donation is the least I can do as a small thank you to the community and for coming together to rescue my names.

Namecheap also deserves a special thank you. They went above and beyond by offering free legal assistance and started the process of ICANN's Registrar Transfer Dispute Resolution to help rescue my names from Godaddy. Unlike Godaddy, they also refused Puneet Agarwal's demand to lock my domains when he failed to provide a US court order.

I'm currently exploring legal actions against Godaddy for what they did to me and the millions in damages their poor judgment, lack of communication, and broken policy have cost me. I'm also pursuing legal action against Puneet Agarwal in India. Unfortunately, Puneet's harassment, threats, and extortion demands will never stop until he's behind bars.

I thank each and everyone in this community for helping to bring about change.


The saga has ended
 
Finally *THUMBSUP* ...Happy for Brent ... that was a strange and scary one.
 

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