I'm curious to know more about how you got your domain name. How did you find out who the owner was? It couldn't have been as simple as looking at the WHOIS and picking up a phone right?
Believe it or not, the owner at the time had a public WHOIS record. I sent them an email expressing interest in buying the domain, and they replied within 10 minutes. From there, we got on the phone and the rest was history.