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Re: It can be worse (Re: [ga] VeriSign complains...)
Again, a registrAR can charge what it wants. The registrY should not
charge $9 for a registrAR transfer. That is anti-competitive. Also one
does get nothing for those $9, no extra year or anything.
On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, at 17:00 [=GMT-0400], L Gallegos wrote:
> I think I paid $10 for each transferred name to Dotster. I personally
> think that it may be a dollar or two higher than necessary, but then
> they are in business, not charity. I have no objection to a gaining
> registrar who is willing to accept the transfer and credit the
> customer with all existing registration years charging a fee to do
> so.
>
> For instance, many of my domains were registered for multiple
> years. Dotster accepted them and gave me those pre-paid years
> even though they did not receive those renewal fees. They charged
> me $10 per transfer plus one additional registration year. I think
> that is fair.
>
> I would not separate one registrar from another in that opinion. If
> the gaining registrar is performing a service that the customer feels
> is a good service, then a fee for that service is warranted and
> acceptable to me. NSI would be no different in that aspect. I
> transferred out of of NSI because of their extremely poor service
> and attitude. When I was dealing with a client's domain, I had no
> end to problems. I have had excellent service from Dotster and
> never have a problem with obtaining assistance if (rarely) there is a
> glitch or I need additional information.
>
> Many people feel that registrars should simply accept transfers
> and not charge for them. They do not take into consideration the
> man hours used to effect those transfers and provide customer
> support for them. It's great to be able to shop for price and service,
> but we should all expect to pay for services rendered. The problem
> with NSI, as I see it, is that they are going beyond simply providing
> a service for which they charge. They are greedy and seem to be
> willing to do anything they can to prevent an exodus. I have seen
> no evidence that they are concerned with customer service and
> have shown by their actions that they will sacrifice that service and
> still use underhanded means to retain customers. In the end, they
> will lose even more.
>
> That's my two cents.
>
> Leah
>
>
> On 20 Jul 2001, at 22:08, Marc Schneiders wrote:
>
> > It doesn't take $9 per domain. And for the record: the NL-registrY is
> > charging this. Would you accept this from VeriSign as RegistrY?
> >
> > On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, at 15:09 [=GMT-0400], L Gallegos wrote:
> >
> > > I had to pay for registrar transfers also, but I don't object to
> > > that. It takes personnel time to do it and it has to be paid by
> > > someone. To me it was a small price to pay to go to a registrar I
> > > could trust. I transferred all my domains from NSI before all this
> > > mess because I saw it coming. NSI had screwed up so many change
> > > requests that I finally gave up on them. I'm glad I did.
> > >
> > > Leah
> > >
> > >
> > > On 20 Jul 2001, at 16:42, Marc Schneiders wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, at 15:59 [=GMT+0200], Robin Miller wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > But I feel very angry about how they tried to
> > > > > keep a customer against the customers wishes, just to be able to
> > > > > suck another year's registration fees out of me.
> > > >
> > > > Today I discovered to my disgust, that to change registrar for .NL
> > > > domains costs some $9 per domain at the registry. This doesn't
> > > > make things better for VeriSign etc. It shows just once more how
> > > > sick this market is because of 'self regulation'. I asked nic.nl
> > > > what this $9 was for. The answer: 'Determined by the Board in
> > > > consulation with the participating registrars.' Yeah.
> > > >
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> > > > Marc@Schneiders.ORG
> > > >
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