Registrar problems

[JD Runyan]

VeriSign has been doing the same thing as domains come to expire they
are mailing notices to people who aren't using them, and getting them to
transfer the registrar unknowingly.  Go to www.godaddy.com, and they
have an example notice that is being sent out.
-- 
Jason D. Runyan
Mid-Range Systems Administrator
USDA NITC Kansas City

On Apr 04 15:16, Aaron wrote:
> I saw a similar notice to this about 2 years ago from a different company.
> I can't remember their name but I know they got over a million registrations
> off it and then were prosecuted for deceptive advertising and shut down.
> Sounds like someone's copying them.  Theirs was good...  I've been around
> registrars and domain names for a long time and even I had to look at it
> twice before I knew what it really was.
> 
> Aaron
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bradley Miller" <bradmiller at dslonramp.com>
> To: "kclug" <kclug at kclug.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 3:18 PM
> Subject: Registrar problems
> 
> 
> > Ugh.  Has anyone else got nailed with a "Domain Registrar of America"
> > renewal notice?  I'm starting to see changes notices coming through with
> > their name on them.  Apparently they are mailing out something that is
> > close enough to a bill that people are just paying without totally
> > comprehending what it is.  That's all well and good I suppose, but when
> > multiple companies are doing this, we're getting caught in the crossfire
> > for customer complaints.  I perfer to just deal with one registrar and
> this
> > is making a mess of everything.  Anyone else have similar problems?
> >
> > -- Bradley Miller
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