wrong, sue them register.com did it and won.. check the internet news site
about it
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: OpenSRS Discuss-List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 1:31 PM
Subject: VERIO Telemarketing our clients!
> Hi Folks!
>
> I know there is nothing we can do about this, but one of our customers
told
> me today that they received a voice mail from Verio, which came one day
> after their new registration hit the Whois database. I heard the message,
> it went something like this:
>
> "Hi - it's Jen from Verio, and I have and I have some urgent questions
> regarding your registration for <domain name>, which I have in front of
me.
> Please call me as soon as possible at xxx-xxx-xxxx."
>
> Well, the client thought it came from us - and since I was seeing him
> today - he just waited to find out with the issue was. His impression was
> that there must have been a problem with the registration.
>
> Of course, I'm frustrated! Not only do they make it sound like they are
> involved with us - or at the very least - involved with the registration,
> but they also imply that there is a problem with the registration.
> Moreover, when one of our customers does call them back, they are going to
> be solicited - which could imply that we have sold their name to a
> telemarketing list - which we absolutely do not do. In fact, we make a
big
> deal about the fact that we will not sell, trade, or give away the names
of
> our customers!
>
> OK, I know there is nothing I can do to stop this - it just pisses me off!
>
> Sorry for the rant, I just needed to blow off some steam.....
>
> Not so darn Cheerful today!
>
> Michael David
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://planetarydomains.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andrew Vernon
> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 11:51 AM
> To: Ross Wm. Rader; Philippe Landau
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Register.com harvesting addresses from list
>
> On 8/24/00 5:05 PM, Ross Wm. Rader at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > As far as who's actually got the "best" SRS, that's up to all of you to
> > decide. ;)
>
> If the experience I've had talking to the people at TUCOWS is any
> indication, I think I'm in the right place. To play off a Godzilla movie
> tagline: Customer Service DOES matter.
>
> --
> Andrew Vernon
> E-Pages Inc.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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