BUT... They charge an additional fee for credit card processing, which is a BIG no-no. Every merchant account agreement I've seen has a clause like this:
"The Merchant shall not impose any fee or other charges for the use of the Charge Card or Other Card as a means of payment;" Hmmm...I wonder if their merchant account provider knows about this.... > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Paul Andersen > Sent: November 14, 2001 12:41 PM > To: Ken Joy > Cc: William X Walsh; Heather Peel; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Registrar "holding" payments - thoughts? > > > > > It's not in the agreement. > It's also not in the agreement. > > The agreement doesn't say you can do it. The agreement > doesn't say you can't do it. The CIRA board (previous) was > asked to clarify it and that is when the ruling came in. You > can see this in the January 2001 board minutes (I think!) -- > Business Models. > > Cheers, > > Paul > > > > On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Ken Joy wrote: > > > I'm pretty sure CIRA has a clause forbidding this; I just > browsed the > > registrar agreement and couldn't find it (and i'm out of > time to look > > right now)...but that's availalbe on the CIRA website for > any who are > > interested. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ken > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > William X Walsh > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 7:52 AM > > > To: Heather Peel > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: Registrar "holding" payments - thoughts? > > > > > > > > > Wednesday, Wednesday, November 14, 2001, 4:16:35 AM, Heather Peel > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > I just spoke to a new hosting client about his domain registrar > > > > and I'm not sure if what they are doing is even legal or > > > > contravenes CIRA's rules. > > > > > > > The registrar apparantly accepts payment for multiple domain > > > > years, and yet, does not actually pay CIRA for them. My client > > > > paid them for 5 years and I noticed that his expiry date showed > > > > Dec. 2001. I asked him about this and when he contacted the > > > > registrar, he was told that they had a problem with people > > > > registering for multiple years and then transferring > their domain > > > > elsewhere...therefore they only register one year at a time and > > > > the money is held in trust in the meantime. My first > thought was > > > > what if they went out of business? > > > > > > Network Solutions has been known to the do the same thing in the > > > past, but I haven't heard of any cases of them doing this > recently. > > > > > > > I know I would not be comfortable dealing with a > registrar who did > > > > this, but it may be common practice for all I know. > > > > > > Me either. I agree, it's sleazy as hell. > > > > > > -- > > > Best regards, > > > William X Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > > > Webcertificates.info > > > SSL Certificates for resellers from $49ea > > > > > > > > --- > Paul Andersen (InterNIC:PA137) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > E-Gate Communications Inc. T: +1 (416) 447-7700x23 > > "The Trouble with doing anything right the first time is that > nobody appreciates how difficult it was." - NANOG > >
