glengara - 8:43 am on Aug 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

*I realize it depends on whether or not anyone would even want a particular domain name and how much they would be willing to pay.*

FWIW, I've recently had to find a domain name for a new venture, with the initial choice the .com was taken but unused, while the .net was for sale.
My bid in the low 000s was immediately rejected (nothing under $1000 was even considered) so I turned to Thesaurus.

An hour later I had a choice of about 8 possibilities and managed to get both .coms and .nets for four of them.

Much like yours, the one I'll use is a 9 letter two (popular) word combo and is a far better choice than the initial one; thing is, any of the other 3 would have been fine, perhaps not ideal but certainly usable.

My point to this is that I'd need a VERY compelling reason to pay that kind of premium for a domain name, an oversight by a newly signed up and about to be heavily promoted Goth band kind of reason....