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Name availability

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DidEinsteinsMum · 07/08/2009 09:00

If i name change does the old name become available for other people to use?

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Flamesparrow · 07/08/2009 10:13

Oh I like being able to swipe very similar names I have loads of slightly off regular names in my supply.

The auction was unused names and I think that if they were unused but registered to an active MNer then they asked them first.

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GeraldineMumsnet · 07/08/2009 10:11

Ok, he "Misunderstood" what I said ie he was wrong

He says he hasn't woken up yet

If you deregister, your old nickname becomes available, but if you only namechange you can switch back

lou031205 · 07/08/2009 10:11

Am back as me. flowerybeanbags is retired. The retirement party was fab.

Seriously, I do think that very similar names should be unavailable. It's a bit like identity theft

VinegarTits · 07/08/2009 10:11

GrinGrin

flowerybeanbag · 07/08/2009 10:10
ilovemydogandmrobama · 07/08/2009 10:10

Oh dear. This could spiral...

flowerybeanbog · 07/08/2009 10:09
flowerybeanbag · 07/08/2009 10:09
Grin
flowerybeanbags · 07/08/2009 10:08

Don't worry, flowery, I did it deliberately to try it out, but won't use it again

flowerybeanbag · 07/08/2009 10:07
PortAndLemon · 07/08/2009 10:07

Maybe Geraldine just stood outside the shed and yelled her question in, and the man who answered was actually an enterprising burglar in there nicking spare parts rather than someone who knows what he's talking about?

Or maybe Tech was off in a bit of a reverie and not really listening to Geraldine, just responding in a vague "Mmmm... yes... that's right... yes, absolutely..." way like I do with my mother?

TrillianAstra · 07/08/2009 10:06

They can't pinch it, no, not on their own, not without help from men in sheds.

VinegarTits · 07/08/2009 10:06

Nice try Geraldine, i just change to FlamongoBongo and it wouldnt let me 'name already taken', i know FlamingoBingo was using it last week but now she is back to normal, so ner

tattybojangles · 07/08/2009 10:05

it can't be true because I tried to be Tattiebojangles (with an ie rather than a y) and it wouldn't let me even though no one has posted under that name.

flowerybeanbags · 07/08/2009 10:05

See, I think it should be tightened up, because everyone would think I am flowerybeanbag, and I'm not.

flowerybeanbag · 07/08/2009 10:04

Ooh, in that case I need some clarification. I namechanged to a different name to 'reserve' it because I didn't want anyone else to have it, but never actually posted in it. Does that mean someone could pinch that one?

TrillianAstra · 07/08/2009 10:02

I thought the auction was names that people had registered, but never posted under, and agreed to give up. Or something. If you've ever left a post under a name it's yours and safe.

flowerybeanbag · 07/08/2009 10:01

He must be wrong mustn't he? Idris has proved it I reckon.

Furball · 07/08/2009 09:59

But why would MN have auctioned off old names, if you could have just used them anyway?

Me thinks the man in the shed is wrong. I bet he's like my dh when I call out a question, he just says yes willy nilly without listening to the question!

VinegarTits · 07/08/2009 09:59

This is an outrage, i demand answers (can i bribe you buy my name?)

IdrisTheDragon · 07/08/2009 09:58

No I think it's all right as I just tried to be flowerytaleofnewyork and it told me it was already taken

flowerybeanbag · 07/08/2009 09:57

I think someone should test it.

PortAndLemon · 07/08/2009 09:56

Has the man from the shed been indulging in any psychoactive substances recently?

MollieO · 07/08/2009 09:56

Geraldine could you ask BigTech rather than your local handyman?

flowerybeanbag · 07/08/2009 09:56

ROFL at flame