Re: IPv4 address block

[Ben Cox via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

Hey Tony/Eddie

I think your choice of email signature may have given away the game a
little bit here

Regards
Ben Cartwright-Cox

On Mon, Jan 8, 2024, 20:00 Tony Wicks <tony () wicks co nz> wrote:

> I have used Eddie at iptrading several times over the yearsfor IP block
> purchases and never had this sort of issue, so would count this as a
> recommendation.
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> Regards,
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> Eddie Stauble
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> eddie () iptrading com
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> 855-IPTRADE (855-478-7233) Ext 107  Direct: 754-227-8423
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> *From:* NANOG <nanog-bounces+tony=wicks.co.nz () nanog org> *On Behalf Of *John
> Curran
> *Sent:* Monday, January 8, 2024 7:46 PM
> *To:* Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke () gmail com>
> *Cc:* nanog () nanog org list <nanog () nanog org>
> *Subject:* Re: IPv4 address block
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> On Jan 7, 2024, at 9:04 PM, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke () gmail com> wrote:
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> I might note that one of the qualified facilitators on the list recently
> "sold" me a block where the original entity which obtained it in the 1990s
> was still announcing it to all of their peers and trantsi after the wire
> transfer had been done, the ARIN process was done/ticket closed, and the
> block resided with my AS.
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> Interesting.  If you believe that the qualified facilitator failed in
> their duty to you (more specifically, if they did not live up to an aspect
> of the code of conduct –
> https://www.arin.net/resources/registry/transfers/facilitators/codeofconduct/)
> then please drop ARIN a message with the specifics to
> facilitator-support () arin net
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> It took a significant amount of badgering the original block holder (an
> entity with which we had no pre-existing relationship or direct contacts
> into their engineering department) to get them to withdraw the
> announcement, which we did independently of the broker and quicker than
> they responded to us. So my message would be to do your own due diligence
> and investigation of IP space and don't trust what the "broker" tells you.
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> Absolutely - always a good idea.
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> Thanks for feedback!
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> /John
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> John Curran
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> President and CEO
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> American Registry for Internet Numbers