> Sorry for cross-posting (again). But this email should tie up and close
> this thread. Just spoke with the client and it seems that she originally
> disputed the charge and Register.com took ownership. She apologised
> profusely.
> My personal apologies for jumping the gun, though I must say this is the
> first time I've seen a registrar take over a domain like this. Kinda scary
> to think that Network Solutions might have better business practices then
> register.com. *ouch* Where is "the customer is always right"?
>
(Sorry, not on domain-policy.)
I'm curious - doesn't ICANN (*splutter*) have a rule about this? I don't
think that accredited registrars should not be allowed take ownership of
domains in this manner. There was a rumour going around last month (Wired
News I think) that NetSol were doing this too - putting expired domains into
the auction pot.
I know that NetSol's business practises are dodgy to say the least, but
that's about as close to the dotTV registry as you can get - which in my
opinion is a shameful business model. "Oh, someone else is looking for that
domain too - the price just went up!". I know! It was me! Doing a WHOIS!
Hallo? :)
In fact, I don't think registrars should be allowed own domains at all,
beyond the ones they use for their business. There's huge room for fraud
there. It's only putting temptation in their way.
Some of them should never have been accredited in the first place anyway -
for example, I found a domain (enquirewithin.net) on NameIt.net today with no
nameservers. And NetSol should be taken out of the game altogether - they
must have thousands of expired domains still sitting in the pot. I've had one
going back as far as 1997 pointed out to me!
HATE NETSOL!
adam
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