It's not only repulsive, but patently offensive. It's basically a strong-arm that guarantees you frictionless transfers in return for your first born and first right of refusal on your soul.
-rwr On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 13:38, Robert L Mathews wrote: > While browsing the Dotster pages, I came across: > > http://www.dotster.com/special/transfer.asp > > ... which contains: > > ------ > > Thanks to a special arrangement with Network Solutions, transferring your > domain from Network Solutions to Dotster (and saving over 60% in the > process!) is now a breeze. > > Simply use Dotster to initiate your transfer from Network Solutions. Be > sure to allow plenty of time before your domain's expiration date. Follow > the directions provided. Dotster will send an e-mail to the > administrative contact shown in the WhoIs database within 24 hours. > Respond to the e-mail as directed. In 5-7 days, your transfer will > complete. You can check the progress of the transfer when you log in to > your account. How is this different? Transfers initiated from other > registrars will need additional verification and authentication by > Network Solutions. They send an additional e-mail to you that must be > responded to within a limited time frame, or else the transfer is denied. > This can cause costly delays, which can result in the expiration of your > domain, or a requirement that you renew your domain with Network Solution > before transferring. > > ------ > > This is so obviously wrong on so many different levels that I won't even > bother to discuss it, but I'm wondering what form the "special > arrangement" takes, and whether it would be so repulsive that OpenSRS > might not hold their nose and try and make the same deal. > > -- > Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies > > "The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody > appreciates how difficult it was." >
