If the domain is unregged and you think it's worth $1,000 why are you posting about it on a public internet forum? If it is worth that much someone else here is bound to reg it.
Personally, I wouldn't waste money buying .tk names as it's widely known as a free extention & people don't think much of it. Not worth the reg fee IMO.
wow im surprised! I mean I know it's not a .com but don't disregard it totally. I have some really good one's that could go for a couple of thousand. FreeCreditReport.tk How much would you pay for it?
Yeah it's because they want $500 a year! No one that knows about it has the money to do so, or think its not worth it. And the people who would have the money, don't even know it exists.
Obviously they made a mistake by trying to milk the domainers for their money. I am currently trying to get them to lower the reg fees on most of their domains. It's a great opportunity to own a premium domain with dot tk. You have to think of the possibilities, and people totally dismiss the idea that dot tk is worth anything by failing to explore what the domain can achieve.