Agreed. Just wish the "Consumer" was more educated, but the internet world is new to many people and I can see where the confusion would be now. I see now that it is "Our Job" to educate the domain registrants.
-- Mike Allen, 4CheapDomains.Net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.4CheapDomains.Net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Anthony Kinsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mike Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mark Petersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 1:57 PM Subject: Re: DomainRegistryofAmerica??? > Mike Allen said: > > >That's true, and that is our feelings as well. But the letter's that they > >send out are just like banks for credit cards. Transfer your current cards > >to use for a lower interest rate. This letter from DomainRegistryofAmerica > >says you have the ability to transfer you current domains to us for a > >lower annual fee if you would like to. (It doesn't appear to be a > >deceptive transfer letter like Verisign is practicing) it just states that > >you have the option to transfer to us and if you are interested fill this > >form out. (Although DRofA annual fee appears to be higher than all > >OpenSRS resellers charges ;) > > > Actually, while I agree that when I read the letter it does not look > deceptive at all, but to the novice, it is. If you are ignorant to the > fact that Domain Reg of America is NOT your registrar, basically seeing > things like "To insure your domain is not unavailable", etc., can be > confusing to most people, and we have seen this as the case on many > occasions.. Also, (at least in our case) unlike the Credit card letters > you mention above, Domain Reg of America charges more than we do to > switch. So we get screwed, and the client gets screwed... > > In any event, we are just going to be more specific in the way we > communicate with our clients so they understand who "thednsplace.com" is, > vs. Domain Reg of America. > > > > Regards, > Jeremy Anthony Kinsey > VP Network Operations Colocate Your Server at hostdrive.com > _______________________________________________________________________ > www.bella-mia.com Maria's Internet Access > www.mia.net > www.dslone.com > Bella Mia, Inc. > 401 Host Drive e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Lake Geneva, WI. 53147 Phone: (262)248-6759 Fax: (262)248-6959 > > ________________________________________________________________________ > National Internet Access, DSL and Colocation 2375+ numbers and growing! > http://www.hostdrive.com > > *** Ask us about our "Multi-Burst" Product! *** > > >
