Kids these days grow faster than my generation did.
They have access to the Internet, and a great assortment of tech gadgets at their disposal. In stark contrast, I bought my first personal computer at 18.
While I’m open to listening to the ideas, aspirations and the occasional wisdom tidbit of young folks, I detest the attitude that some are capable of displaying.
Perhaps because 30 years ago, as a teenager, I would have been put in my place, had I displayed even a portion of this attitude to my seniors.
Domain investing requires some thick skin, but don’t believe for a second that such attitude manifestations will remain unshared.
In other words, if one lacks common sense in their communication when they reach out to inquire about a domain asset, I will definitely use their behavior as an educational anecdote.
Some guy played the usual game of running up the offer ladder at Domain Name Sales; a problem that I’ve many times brought up and which needs to be fixed asap.
Such offers ping the reserve, and create very little indication of the actual capacity of the buyer to spend that much.
In this case, our friend who’s underage and will thus be spared from mentioning his personal info, followed up his non-binding bids with the following tirade:
” I am a professional in the domains business, I know the value of a domain like this and it certainly does not exceed what I have offered. I will therefore not purchase the domain, and congratulations if you manage to sell it for the ridiculous price that you claim it to be worth.“
Now then, I don’t know what this kid’s parents do to shape his character, but I’m certain that his mom still washes his clothes and his dad pays for his food and gadgets. After all, parents are generally expected to support their kids until they reach the magic age of 18.
The display of attitude did not end here. Our “professional” domainer who reeks of knowledge about domain valuation, continued his monologue with a criticism of the parked page’s layout, giving a primer on CSS and design:
“In future I would advise you to create a more engaging landing page. Look at something that we in the business call CSS (Or in simple terms; design) to make yourself a landing page that gives the domain seller at least a mildy professional look.“
I’m sure that Frank Schilling’s folks will be scrambling tomorrow to create more engaging landers, to satisfy our friend’s egocentric perception of the Internet. Personally, I would not hold my breath, but perhaps that’s an indication of how kids these days want everything shaped and defined their way.
I did not respond to our friend’s unwarranted berating of my asking price, or to the criticism of the parked lander; simply by deleting his inquiry I sent waves of “silent treatment” his way. He will never know about how I used his ignorance in an article.
But I do feel sorry for his parents, who will most likely have to deal with such shitty attitude for years to come.
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