[nuclearnice1]

Was it $5? I had the impression the OP paid more.

> I spent like a year or so to save up for it, which cost roughly 6 months of average net salaries in my country about 7 years ago.

[nubinetwork]

They picked a bad registrar for a .com then, because they're dirt cheap.

[valenterry]

They probably bought it from someone as it wasn't free at the time.

[lname_dot_com]

Correct. It was already registered and up for sale.