Although I am not an active Opensrs agent, I have been using one, and I received
invoices for two domains today. Then 10 minutes later, I receved the
acknowledgement that my transfer request has been approved.
This has happened to every domain I have been transferring. I'm happy to join a
Class Action suit of any kind against NSI.
Thanks,
Jeffrey Cleary
NetVenture, Inc.
"Rodney Payne, Support Team" wrote:
> I AGREE
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Ken Joy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 12:15 PM
> Subject: RE: NetworkSolutions (slightly OT)
>
> > I just followed up on the exact same situation.
> > The domain in question was transfered a week before the NetSol renewal
> date.
> > I called NetSol at 1-800-779-1710 and was told by Billing Rep Kalwan
> after
> > he looked up the invoice number
> > that the invoice was indeed valid and that we owed $35.00 for the renewal.
> > Only after checking their whois
> > database did he concede that they no longer had this domain. I then spoke
> > with his supervisor..Akbar, who
> > admitted they were aware of the problem and advised that he would have to
> > send a 'report' to the 'Accounting Department'
> > about this domain and that I should ignore any future billing notices.
> When
> > I protested and mentioned the mess
> > they created with the collection agency debacle he stated that only unpaid
> > initial registrations were being
> > turned over to collection and/or the auction process.
> >
> > I have a real problem with this. As Bob stated, there are probably HUGE
> > amounts of people who are paying these invoices.
> > This is a problem in the United States as companies can be successfully
> > prosecuted by the US Attorney General under the RICO laws for this type of
> > screwup. They are using the United States Postal Service to send
> fraudulent
> > invoices to their ex-customers. This is called mail fraud. Their actions
> are
> > also harming and endangering the trust, good-will and reputation
> > of OUR business and Tucows.
> >
> > I think that a class-action lawsuit or an official complaint to State and
> > Federal authorities is in order.
> > Verisign and Network Solutions need to IMMEDIATELY stop mailing invoices
> > until they get a process in place to remove
> > the invalid invoices.
> >
> > Tony Patti
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of Ken Joy
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 11:41 AM
> > To: Bob Martin; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: NetworkSolutions (slightly OT)
> >
> >
> > I've been collecting these and following up with ICANN and in some cases
> NSI
> > directly...please fax me all the documentation, and a brief account of the
> > timelines and I'll include it in a report I'm working on...
> >
> > Fax to:
> > 416) 531-2516
> > Attn: Ken Joy
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ken
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > > Behalf Of Bob Martin
> > > Sent: August 30, 2000 12:29 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: NetworkSolutions (slightly OT)
> > >
> > >
> > > OK this is not good.
> > >
> > > This morning, I received a notice (email) from Network Solutions that a
> > > domain of mine was due to expire.
> > >
> > > I would not even have given it a second look, other than the fact
> > > that this
> > > is the third one I've received this week either as owner, or
> > > administrator.
> > >
> > > Here's my beef (or tofu)
> > >
> > > All of these names had been transferred to OpenSRS already.
> > >
> > > Network Solutions is billing people who may or may not know their
> > > domain has
> > > been secured with the OpenSRS registry.
> > >
> > > This causes several problems in my mind, not the least of which is that
> my
> > > customers now call me each time one of them receives an invoice
> > > from NetSol
> > > indicating their name is due to expire, even though I have already
> secured
> > > the name via transfer to OpenSRS!!!
> > >
> > > My problem is with NetworkSolutions, and I wonder how many people
> > > pay these
> > > invoices. I have one customer that I know paid the Network
> > > Solutions invoice
> > > (questioning my assurance that the name was transferred.)
> > >
> > > There must be someone that I can complain to, that you all can complain
> to
> > > when this happens to you.
> > >
> > > Can anyone help out on this one?
> > >
> > > Bob Martin
> > > Shore Communications, LLC
> > > http://www.shorecom.com
> > > Website Hosting from $9.95/month
> > > Internet Access from $10.25/month
> > > Domain Registration $20 No Internic Fees!
> > >
> >
> >
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