What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Texas
I have a domain name that I need to purchase and I have researched it and contacted the current owner of the domain name and we have gone back and forth over the last few weeks and finally both agreed upon a price. As soon as I replied back to her that her price was fine with me and that I proposed to pay half now and the remainder once the transfer was complete to ensure it was actually transferred (or try to) she replied back that she "forgot" she registered it for another year and it was now registered until Nov 2011 (actually the information pulled up from a whois search stated that it is registered until Sept 2011...) and that I need to pay her back for the registration so she upped her price once we had both agreed upon a different price (I have all of the emails that document we both agreed upon a certain price before she decided to raise it). Can she do that? Or do I have a right to get it for the original price we agreed upon?
Normally I wouldn't have a problem paying her back for the registration but in this case I do because I do not want to keep it registered with that company I want to transfer it to the one I currently use for my other domain name and I don't think she was very honest or responsible in not providing that information at the beginning. It's not a lot of money we are talking about here, but more the principle behind this practice. (We agreed on $60 for the domain name and then she came back and said that I have to pay her another $30 on top of that so basically changed the price to $90 after the fact)
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, also I apologize if I posted this in the wrong area but this looked like the best option.
P.S. Don't know if it matters but I live in TX and the seller is in MN.
I have a domain name that I need to purchase and I have researched it and contacted the current owner of the domain name and we have gone back and forth over the last few weeks and finally both agreed upon a price. As soon as I replied back to her that her price was fine with me and that I proposed to pay half now and the remainder once the transfer was complete to ensure it was actually transferred (or try to) she replied back that she "forgot" she registered it for another year and it was now registered until Nov 2011 (actually the information pulled up from a whois search stated that it is registered until Sept 2011...) and that I need to pay her back for the registration so she upped her price once we had both agreed upon a different price (I have all of the emails that document we both agreed upon a certain price before she decided to raise it). Can she do that? Or do I have a right to get it for the original price we agreed upon?
Normally I wouldn't have a problem paying her back for the registration but in this case I do because I do not want to keep it registered with that company I want to transfer it to the one I currently use for my other domain name and I don't think she was very honest or responsible in not providing that information at the beginning. It's not a lot of money we are talking about here, but more the principle behind this practice. (We agreed on $60 for the domain name and then she came back and said that I have to pay her another $30 on top of that so basically changed the price to $90 after the fact)
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, also I apologize if I posted this in the wrong area but this looked like the best option.
P.S. Don't know if it matters but I live in TX and the seller is in MN.