William responded to me off-list, so my apologies to him for posting this
here - it was a genuine error, and I didn't mean to appear snotty. Well, I
did, but it was "retaliation snotty". :)
Once again, my apologies.
adam
Adam Beecher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> "William X. Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> > The problem with your post is that OpenSRS's cost is not $5. It is 5
> > GBP. That works out to a little over $10 plus VAT.
> >
>
> William,
>
> I pointed this fact out in a previous posting today. However, you're
> overpricing Sterling by quite a bit - GBP�5 does not equate to USD$10. At
> current market rates, the price works out to slightly less than USD$7:
>
> (Please copy and paste this URL, as long lines will inevitable wrap.)
>
> http://www.xe.net/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount=5&From=GBP%20United%20Kingdom%
> 20Pounds&To=USD%20United%20States%20Dollars
>
> That's where I got the price of USD$11:
>
> ( GPB�5 = ( USD$7 ) + USD$4 ( margin equivalent to gTLD's) ) = USD$11
>
> Of course, there will no doubt be FX fees involved. At the very most
though,
> and I'm giving quite a bit of leeway here, the domains should be priced at
> USD$12. Not including VAT, which remains a separate issue, and even then
> doesn't come close to accounting for the remainder.
>
> adam
>
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