A nice little win for me today.
Our website is named after Jenny's and my property - "Omaroo".
The domain name "omaroo.net" was all that was available four years ago when we started the site, and "omaroo.com" was taken by someone else in the US.
Well, last month I had an aggressively-worded email from a third party stating that they had recently "acquired" the domain "omaroo.com" and asking whether I would like to buy it for US$599. They argued that the ".com" postfix was far more "powerful" and that I would be mad to miss out on such a deal. They continued to say that if I were not to buy it from them they'd put it to an "alternate" use (whatever that was). It almost sounded as though they intended to make me feel that it would be used against me if I were not to buy it from them.
I looked up the address and it was indeed parked under the these guys' whois details.
I wrote back stating that I was very happy with the ".net" postfix, and that I had absolutely no interest in taking the ".com" variant. I also let them know that I though that their type of business was abhorent and a nasty way to make money out of people.
These emails came thick and fast for 3 weeks until I finally looked up the availability today...and hey presto! It was available! They obviously gave up and let it go - knowing that they'd never get their US$600 out of me.
I feel all warm and fuzzy after registering it myself with my registrar for US$9.95.
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Good for you Chris. 
Was that a little porky or what 
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