I'll work on dotTV to get their reported prices in sync - this didn't come
to light until just recently (read: yesterday), and it was a little late to
redesign our functionality at that point ;)
Charles Daminato
Product Manager (ccTLDs)
Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tiger Technologies
> Sent: January 30, 2001 3:51 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Incorrect Displayed Prices for High Profile .tv Domains
>
>
> At 1/30/01 12:21 PM, Charles Daminato wrote:
>
> >The price we place in the Reseller's interface is what we are
> told via the
> >API. The price they show on the site must be gathered from somewhere
> >else...
> >
> >Also, as the note states for each .tv name:
> >
> >"*Prices for .tv domains are subject to change without notice.
> > The final price is determined when the purchase is finalized."
>
> Yeah, I know, but that's merely using the fine print as an excuse. Surely
> if we're going to include functionality to display a price we should try
> to make sure it's correct; if that's not possible, we should remove that
> functionality. Can't you hassle the dotTV people to fix it?
>
> Customers already have enough of a surprise being told that their domain
> has a surcharge. And if I went to some place that was advertising, say,
> $50 domains, then I was told that it was actually going to cost $460,
> then the next screen told me no, it was really $1000, there's no way I'd
> buy anything from them.
>
>
> >As an aside... testicles.tv? Er... um... ;)
>
> Well, these are just examples, of course; I chose ones I don't want so
> that nobody else would take them. I mean, at $125, testicles.tv would be
> a bargain, but $390? I don't think so...
>
> --
> Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies
>
