I can not believe that a class-action and a Federal investigation wasn't
launched against this mess months ago. The dunning is now for a TWO YEAR
renewal..$70.
Companies that have committed far less serious and less organized cons have
been shut down and crucified in far less time. Network Solutions is running
a scam here. They know it. We know it. It's organized and it's deliberate.
With their programming resources they could fix the issue in a week or less.
The invoices are generated from a Unix print spool....run the invoices and
the dunning notice jobs against their own whois database and DROP THE
RECORDS which aren't theirs. When you call their customer service droids
they'll swear that you owe the invoice, that's it valid and that there is no
mistake. Then ask them to look up the domain with their own whois and you'll
hear dead silence...then "Looks like you're right".
They are in no hurry to do this because THEY KNOW THEY ARE MAKING MONEY
MAILING THE BOGUS INVOICES and they know they are screwing the competing
registrars.
Someone high up in Tucows needs to start making calls. I'll be making some
calls to some media friends tomorrow. This is the type of dirt journalists
love.
For those of you who are tired of Monster Borg Corporations doing as they
please with impunity and are also tired of dealing with the extra customer
inquiries and opening and processing bogus invoices send these crooks a
message. These people could fix this in a week if they wanted to:
Verisign
1350 Charleston Rd.
Mountain View, CA 94043
Phone: 650-961-7500
Fax: 650-961-7300
Stratton D. Sclavos CEO
Dana L. Evan CFO
Arnold "Arn" Schaeffer EVP-Engineering
Network Solutions
505 Huntmar Park Dr.
Herndon, VA 20170
Phone: 703-742-0400
Fax: 703-742-3386
James P. Rutt CEO
David H. Holtzman CTO
Robert J. Korzeniewski CFO
You can also send a complaint letter to James Rutt at
http://www.planetfeedback.com
--Tony Patti
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of genie
> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 21:32
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Protest Network Solutions Hoarding Expired Domains
>
>
> We have dozens of those NSI invoices- arriving DAILY!!!! Even for domains
> that were transferred 2-3 months before domain expired - hence the usual
> excuse of NSI that once a billing cycle begins they cannot stop it would
> fail.
>
> We are also getting emails from clients who transferred domains to OpenSRS
> through our site and now are receiving NSI invoices and Deactivation
> Notices.
>
> I am in touch with an Attorney who is handling Class Action
> Lawsuit against
> NSI on behalf of clients who tried to register long expired
> domains. Since
> NSI does not issue refunds, this might be another Class Action Prospect.
>
> Cheers,
> Genie Livingstone
> http://www.eyeondomain.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard B. Pyne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 4:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Protest Network Solutions Hoarding Expired Domains
>
>
> I recently spoke to a US Postal Inspector, and he believes based on
> our discussion that there may be cause for filing criminal mail fraud
> charges against NSI for their practice of continuing to send billings
> for domains that have been transfered to other registrars.
>
> He is sending me the forms to start an investigation. Please hang on
> to any improper invoices you get from NSI as they could be needed for
> evidence to show that this is an on-going pattern of fraud.
>
> I'll post more information as I get it.
>
> --Richard
>
>
> On 4 Dec 2000, at 17:26, Scott Allan wrote:
>
> > At 09:35 AM 12/1/00 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >OK, here it goes, it took an extra month but we finally completed the
> > >form
> > >
> > >This is a protest form to help our community voice opinions on NSI
> > >policy regarding expired domains
> > >
> > >http://www.eyeondomain.com/nsiform.html
> > >
> > >your feedback/opinion will be sent to ICANN and US Dept of Commerce
> > >overseeing Net Sol
> > >
> > >You are encouraged to copy and install this form on your site, the
> > >script accepts and processes any IP
> >
> > This is great BTW...
> >
> > sA
> > Scott Allan
> > Director OpenSRS
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Richard B. Pyne, KB7RMU
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://pyne.kinfolk.org/rbp2
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