Yeah, we saw that, too, and we even had them telephone us to try to get us
to do itl We told them thanks, but no thanks.... They were trying to
shift 100% of the credit risk onto folks who only made a little piece "if"
it worked . In TX. we call that "a dog that won't hunt."
Thanks,
At 06:07 PM 1/16/01 -0800, William X. Walsh wrote:
>NSI made this change to its terms of service for business account
>holders quite a long time ago, back when it switched to prepayment
>requirements. Business account holders got to let their users be
>billed for the domain registration after registration in exchange for
>their guarantee for the payment of the registration fees.
>
>This was made clear in the agreements, and was announced by NSI quite
>publicly at the time. There was quite a debate about it on their
>public mailing list, as well.
>
>I recommended then that no ISP signup as a business account as a
>result.
>
>Unfortunately for those who didn't take the time to read what they
>were entering into, it's time for them to pay the piper.
>
>Tuesday, January 16, 2001, 8:38:41 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > We recently recieved this letter from Network solutions. I wanted to
> know if any of you recieved a similar letter. This letter arrived
> shortly after we started using OpenSRS for all of our
> > registrations. We've done business with them for years and never had
> any warning that there was a problem. The "Business Account Program
> Membership" allowed us to register domains without prepay.
> > NSI then bills the customers we registered the domain for, that's the
> last we hear about it. This billing model seems really broken in
> retrospect, NSI bills their customers but apparently wan't
> > us to collect for them.
>
> > They didn't even mention what domains were delinquent, even after we
> requested a list from them. And yes they mistyped the amount of
> 2500.00. Needless to say we did make a 2k payment, but it
> > didn't go to NSI :-) Near as I can figure we generated over 31k of
> revenue for them in this 5 months, I can't believe that they would even
> bring this up. Because of timing on this can't help it
> > feel like this is some sort of retaliation for not using their service
> any more. How do they expect to continue to do business with this attitude.
>
> > __________________NSI Letter_________________
>
> > Dear Mr Blah;
>
> > Network Solutions, Inc. appreciates the registrations you have recently
> made
> > with us as a member of the Business Account Program. According to our
> > records, we successfully completed 558 domain name registrations for you
> > over the last five months.
>
> > At present, we have not received payment of the registration fees for 36 of
> > these registrations. A substantial number of these payments are seriously
> > past due. Some of the domain names may have been deleted due to
> non-payment.
> > The registrant's access to and use of a deleted domain name has been
> > discontinued as noted in the Breach clause of the Service Agreement.
> > Restoration of those privileges is no longer possible. However, Network
> > Solutions, Inc. earned their full registration fee when we completed your
> > original request for access to, use and registration of each domain name.
>
> > When you applied to the Business Account Program, you were advised that
> > benefits would be extended only to members who remain in good standing. Our
> > expectation for prompt and complete payment for our services was addressed
> > in several places on our website - in the description of the program on our
> > Partners and Business Account Program pages and in the Payments section of
> > the Business Account Program Agreement. When you submitted your
> > application, you accepted the terms of the Agreement.
>
> > Payment of $ 2,5200.00 must be made immediately to cover the most seriously
> > delinquent registration fees. If payment is not received by January 15,
> > 2001 , your Business Account Program membership will be revoked.
>
> > Registration fees per invoice may be made online at
> > https://payments.networksolutions.com/
> > or the total amount due may be sent to our attention at
> > Network Solutions,
> > Inc.
> > 505 Huntmar Park
> > Drive
> > Herndon, VA 20170
> > Attention:
> > Collections Dept.
>
> > If you would like to discuss your situation with us, we can be reached
> > between 9am and 4pm EST, Monday through Friday,
> > at 1-703-326-2526.
>
> > Sincerely,
>
>
> > Credit & Collections Analyst
> > Business Account Program
> > Network Solutions, Inc.
>
>
> > Please disregard this notice if payment has been sent.
>
> > _____________________NSI Letter____________________
>
>
>
>--
>Best regards,
> William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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