# Fuck you Nameboy! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 26, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-nameboy/483015 "2009-01-26T04:37:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-nameboy/483015/1 "2009-01-26T04:37:16Z")
[Nameboy.com](http://Nameboy.com) is a domain registrar and “appraisal” service. Their tagline at the top is “The worlds most popular domain appraiser is now offering Free Domain Name Appraisals” Why am I pissed you ask?.. Because these fucks will tell you ANYTHING is worth thousands!.. Are you fucking kidding me!.. Now, my mom is hooked on this site and she thinks I’m calling her stupid for trusting them. She’s been using them for the past 3 months. She’s invested over $2k in domains that are so bizarre I can’t believe my eyes anymore… and she’s thrilled!!! She gets depressed when I tell her this site is garbage. A hand full are quality domains but 99% of them have no market and it’d be impossible for one to remember these domain names… WTF! How does a site stoop this fucking low? How the fuck are you even getting away with this!??? An appraisal site shouldn’t even be granted the option to sell domains. What a crock of shit. Seems to be the new online system for getting rich. I’ve noticed more and more companies are following this system. I know exactly what they’re doing… They tell you a piece of shit domain is worth a ton of money so you register it from their site!.. and they’re $15 fucking dollars to register them!.. Seriously, this is the most misleading piece of shit I’ve ever seen. I hope you fucks burn in hell for this shit. You’re making my life miserable. My own mother doesn’t even fucking trust me anymore. She thinks I’m an idiot and she’s going to be rich with names like [3x53xc43.com](http://3x53xc43.com) and the like… Fucking sad. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-nameboy/483015/2 "2009-01-26T05:07:19Z")
It sounds like your mom needs to be pitted too, if cybersquatting is her idea of investment. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-nameboy/483015/3 "2009-01-26T05:31:33Z")
Sweet! My domain name is worth over $2000!! ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-nameboy/483015/4 "2009-01-26T05:39:13Z")
Is [syphilisfetish.com](http://syphilisfetish.com) taken? ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-nameboy/483015/5 "2009-01-26T05:43:04Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > It sounds like your mom needs to be pitted too, if cybersquatting is her idea of investment. She’s brand new to the internet, and the business world. She has no idea what’s coming her way. I’m still going to try convincing her it’s a bad idea, but she doesn’t seem to want to lay off. She spent $500 today on domains. She’s not going anywhere anytime soon. Sucks.. I guess I’ll just let her see how things fall through. One year comes by and not a penny made maybe she’ll come back saying sorry for not trusting me. Nothing I can do at the moment, so it pisses me off. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-nameboy/483015/6 "2009-01-26T05:49:03Z")
So you’re saying the site is _Jragon turns to the camera and gives a wry Harrison-Ford-As-Han-Solo-like smile_ Epic Nonsense? ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-nameboy/483015/7 "2009-01-26T05:50:23Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > So you’re saying the site is _Jragon turns to the camera and gives a wry Harrison-Ford-As-Han-Solo-like smile_ Epic Nonsense? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-nameboy/483015/8 "2009-01-26T06:19:31Z")
Appraisal Value of [straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com) - Dollar Value is $1959 Whoohoo! My name as a URL is worth more than [straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com)!!! ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-nameboy/483015/9 "2009-01-26T07:23:38Z")
Appraisal Value of [dsflb348dfsj.com](http://dsflb348dfsj.com) - Dollar Value is $3543 And you think I’m kidding… Probably make more sense if I just give you the link [http://www.nameboy.com/nameboyappraisal/appraise-show.php?id=620109](http://www.nameboy.com/nameboyappraisal/appraise-show.php?id=620109) ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-nameboy/483015/10 "2009-01-26T07:30:54Z")
I just showed my mother this and she’s in total denial. She’s fucking brainwashed for christ sake, brainwashed by huge appraisals… I’m done with it. She can do what she wants. I guess it’s something she’ll have to see for herself at the end of the year. Sigh ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-nameboy/483015/11 "2009-01-26T07:44:32Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Is [syphilisfetish.com](http://syphilisfetish.com) taken? [http://www.nameboy.com/nameboyappraisal/appraise-show.php?id=620135](http://www.nameboy.com/nameboyappraisal/appraise-show.php?id=620135) > [@](#): > > Appraisal Value of [syphilisfetish.com](http://syphilisfetish.com) > > - Dollar Value is $2321 I’ll buy that for a dollar :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-nameboy/483015/12 "2009-01-26T08:21:14Z")
Appraisal Value of [prisonkitten.com](http://prisonkitten.com) - Dollar Value is $2311 Appraisal Value of [prisonkitty.com](http://prisonkitty.com) - Dollar Value is $2744 Fuck yeah! HELLO, RETIREMENT! ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-nameboy/483015/13 "2009-01-26T08:51:59Z")
> [@EpicNonsense](#): > > They tell you a piece of shit domain is worth a ton of money so you register it from their site!.. and they’re $15 fucking dollars to register them!.. > > Seriously, this is the most misleading piece of shit I’ve ever seen.. Appraisal Value of [thisshitdomainisworthatonof.org](http://thisshitdomainisworthatonof.org) - Dollar Value is $19 Appraisal Value of [crockofshit.com](http://crockofshit.com) - Dollar Value is $1102 Appraisal Value of [misleadingpieceofshit.net](http://misleadingpieceofshit.net) - Dollar Value is $346 Goldmine! ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-nameboy/483015/14 "2009-01-26T10:53:21Z")
I just tried to add something to my cart, and firefox told me that nameboy’s certificate of security (or something) expired in October of last year. Yeah, I’d put my credit card info in that site. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-nameboy/483015/15 "2009-01-26T14:18:06Z")
> [@EpicNonsense](#): > > Appraisal Value of [dsflb348dfsj.com](http://dsflb348dfsj.com) > > - Dollar Value is $3543 > > And you think I’m kidding.. > > Probably make more sense if I just give you the link > > [http://www.nameboy.com/nameboyappraisal/appraise-show.php?id=620109](http://www.nameboy.com/nameboyappraisal/appraise-show.php?id=620109) Wow. If this doesn’t convince her, nothing will. Have you tried putting her great name ideas next to random gibberish and comparing them for appraisal? That should tell her that those numbers are as good as random. Nothing against cybersquatting, just that if she is going to go down that path, she better be choosing good names. Could you give us a list of good names she has purchased? ETA: Plus, you can buy names cheaper. Show her a place where she can register her domains so at least her money is not funding nameboy. ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-nameboy/483015/16 "2009-01-26T23:25:20Z")
Never trust a site with a button labelled “go nameboy go!” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-nameboy/483015/17 "2009-01-27T01:39:41Z")
Clicking on the ‘appraisals’ link in the menu tabs, I end up getting a warning that their security certificate has expired. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-nameboy/483015/18 "2009-01-27T03:02:32Z")
> [@EpicNonsense](#): > > Nothing I can do at the moment, so it pisses me off. Certainly there is. Go to Court, and ask them to declare your mother incompetent, and appoint you (or a sibling) to manage her financial affairs. Possibly harsh, but if she is really blowing her investment money on this rather than real investments, maybe it’s time for you & the rest of her family to step in. Or ask her doctor to check for early-onset Alzheimer’s. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-nameboy/483015/19 "2009-01-27T04:16:13Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Clicking on the ‘appraisals’ link in the menu tabs, I end up getting a warning that their security certificate has expired. Much like the guy three posts before you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-nameboy/483015/20 "2009-01-27T09:19:16Z")
Sapo, I’ve tried it all. She’s convinced their algorithm, or whatever, is like some magical machine process that cannot be wrong… their bullshit listed on the appraisal makes it sound so complex it’s mind-numbing to some people… Mind-numbing as in, they can’t comprehend it so they assume it’s wonderful. Put it this way Sapo… say for instance you were her, and for the last 3 months you were sold on the fact you were going to be a millionaire… but didn’t know any better, and this is all you focused on. If I had caught you after those 3 months, it would be a nightmare trying to convince you it was a crock of shit. Sometimes things just have to play out for people to get the picture. Have you seen Requiem for a Dream, the movie? The woman who plays the mother is a good comparison to what my mom is going through. Almost exact, really. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-nameboy/483015.md?page=2)