Without knowing the exact name and owner you have dealt with it's hard to speculate. That said being in this industry I can tell you: a) "I get asked regularl

Without knowing the exact name and owner you have dealt with it's hard to speculate. That said being in this industry I can tell you: a) "I get asked regularly" - very common to claim others are interested and considered a good way to get someone off the fence to make a buying decision. b) "to pay $xx,000 like I did" - could be a complete lie. Once again hard to speculate w/o know the info I stated above (owner/name). But would tend to think that's bs from my experience. Another big one is "we just turned down $xx,000". Also "we are not looking to sell at any price" (means "make me a big offer and I'll think about it"). c) "can't find any public record" - not unusual at all. Only public records would be news stories on sales (not common) or auction sales (sedo.com etc.). Most domain sales info are not public. The good news is that the seller would consider selling and may just be bullshitting. Other sellers (large companies) really won't sell at any price and you are totally SOL.